African Urban Housing: Challenges and Solutions

This lecture explores the challenges faced by African cities in restructuring informal settlements, focusing on housing issues such as general conditions, production, financing, and examples of pricing. It also discusses the obstacles and different production channels, highlighting the low housing production levels and the barriers to adequate housing provision. The case of South Africa's Reconstruction and Development Programme is presented as a successful but critiqued initiative. The importance of financing in housing construction is emphasized, with a specific focus on the correlation between housing access and financing methods.