Aysha Dawood

Aysha Dawood is a research intern from Rooftops Canada. She has a degree in Urban and Regional Planning, diplomas in Architectural Technology and GIS and Urban Planning and is on her way to a master’s degree in Local Economic Development. Previous to joining CAHF, Aysha worked as a planning consultant in developing and researching affordable housing in Canada. While at CAHF she will undertake a research study entitled “Evidence of housing microfinance in Southern Africa”. Aysha is very excited to have this opportunity to live and work in South Africa while achieving her broader career goals in the affordable housing sector

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Cato Manor

Located some 10km from central Durban, Cato Manor was vacated in the 1950’s following apartheid forced removals. Thirty years later some 93 000 residents began informally

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Housing Semantics

What is housing? Is it a noun or a verb? I’m coming across literature and articles that challenge how housing is perceived and it’s beginning to shape

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