Housing strategies in low income urban communities in Accra, Ghana

As the rent-free compound housing system in Ghana gradually became unpopular, there was the need for state intervention in housing provision. Housing became an important part of the country's developmental policies through state interventions prior to the late 1970s. The economic crises in 1979...

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Published in:GeoJournal 2018-08, Vol.83 (4), p.663-677
Main Author: Danso-Wiredu, Esther Yeboah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communities
Economic crisis
Economic integration
Economics
Environmental Management
Frameworks
Geography
Housing
Human Geography
Income
Investment
Low income areas
Low income groups
Policies
Private sector
Rent
Social Sciences
State intervention
Structural adjustment
Urban areas
Urban poverty
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Summary:As the rent-free compound housing system in Ghana gradually became unpopular, there was the need for state intervention in housing provision. Housing became an important part of the country's developmental policies through state interventions prior to the late 1970s. The economic crises in 1979 forced the country to opt for Structural Adjustment Programme, compelling the state to relax on its efforts to provide housing for the public. The paper uses the mode of economic integration framework to discuss the various housing forms in the country. It argues, housing provision led by the private sector creates remarked differences between housing for the higher and lower income groups. The study uses two low income communities in Accra to explain different ways by which the urban poor in Ghana accommodate themselves amidst the country's housing problems. The study concludes there is an alternative to the housing crises in the country which could be found in the public-private investments in the rental form of the compound housing system.
ISSN:0343-2521
1572-9893
DOI:10.1007/s10708-017-9792-9