Ensuring Dignified and Adequate Housing for the Poor and Indigents in South Africa

To restore dignity to the previously denied and neglected majority black South Africans, one of the salient provisions of the Constitution, pieces of legislation, and policies that seek to ensure the provision and delivery of ample housing to the poor and the indigent is the right to access adequate...

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Published in:African Journal of Development Studies 2023-12, Vol.13 (4), p.65-83
Main Authors: Takalani, Mudzielwana, O. Odeku, Kola
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access
Adequacy
Constitutional law
Constitutions
Education
Evictions
Health care
Housing
Human dignity
Human rights
Laws, regulations and rules
Legislation
Literature reviews
Low income groups
Low income housing
Sanitation
Standard of living
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Summary:To restore dignity to the previously denied and neglected majority black South Africans, one of the salient provisions of the Constitution, pieces of legislation, and policies that seek to ensure the provision and delivery of ample housing to the poor and the indigent is the right to access adequate housing with constitutional and strategic legislative and policy obligations to ensure that the state provides, fulfils, and delivers houses to the poor, the needy, the vulnerable, and the indigent without fail. Methodologically, employing a literature review approach, this study examined and employed relevant publications, case laws, constitutional provisions, and policies related to the right to access adequate housing. The goal was to determine the level at which the duty to protect, provide, and deliver adequate housing to poor individuals, as stipulated by the entities and institutions responsible for executing this constitutional mandate, has been fulfilled.
ISSN:2634-3630
2634-3649
DOI:10.31920/2634-3649/2023/v13n4a4