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TSC Case Study 9: Persistently inefficient – one client’s 18-month journey with the Deeds Office and Home Affairs to correct errors on her title deed

The Transaction Support Centre (TSC) has been operational since July 2018 and since then has seen over 1320 clients with various property-related issues. The most common …

25th July 2021
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Unlocking the Potential of Uganda’s Housing Value Chain Through Strategic Partnerships and Collaboration

Uganda’s Financial Sector Development Strategy (FSDS) estimates the country’s housing deficit to be 1.6 million units, with an annual requirement between 180 000 and 210 …

29th March 2021
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Why we need to start financing resilient housing in Africa

A home is where a family goes to seek shelter from a storm – real or metaphorical. Stable housing and access to property can also protect families from economic shocks, but only if that shelter is resilient to physical shocks such as floods and cyclones. Disaster resilience has become increasingly important as the impacts of climate change continue to batter the world’s most vulnerable communities.

17th March 2021
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Support for collaboration in driving an affordable housing agenda in Kenya

A joint strategy for the FSD Network in Kenya, encompassing FSD Kenya, FSD Africa and FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi), was developed with the …

4th March 2021
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Analysis of the housing finance and housing data landscape: the case of HEVC Côte d’Ivoire

It is important to advocate for the development of housing and housing finance sectors in Africa while focusing on proper tools to enable such development …

3rd March 2021
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Title deed handovers – an update on the TSC – December 2020

Regularising informal sales is a lengthy and difficult process - but the TSC has had some successes with a number of families getting their title deeds.

18th December 2020
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The recent shift in housing focus creates an opportunity to build better cities

On the 16 November 2020 the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu, speaking to the National Council of Provinces, announced that housing …

17th December 2020
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Housing Finance in Africa: Central to a post COVID-19 resilience and recovery strategy

This blog originally appeared as the introductory essay to the 2020 edition of the Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook. 2020 will forever be remembered as …

25th November 2020
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Urban land reform, integration and housing delivery in South Africa: A critique of the President’s Panel on Land Reform

Creator: Johnny Miller Copyright: Mlllefoto – johnnie.miller@gmail.com The revised Expropriation Bill was gazetted on 9 October 2020 signifying an important …

22nd October 2020
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Advertise: 2020 Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook

Call to advertise in the 2020 Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook

15th September 2020
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Blogs

TSC Case Study 9: Persistently inefficient – one client’s 18-month journey with the Deeds Office and Home Affairs to correct errors on her title deed

Unlocking the Potential of Uganda’s Housing Value Chain Through Strategic Partnerships and Collaboration

Why we need to start financing resilient housing in Africa

Support for collaboration in driving an affordable housing agenda in Kenya

Analysis of the housing finance and housing data landscape: the case of HEVC Côte d’Ivoire

Title deed handovers – an update on the TSC – December 2020

The recent shift in housing focus creates an opportunity to build better cities

Housing Finance in Africa: Central to a post COVID-19 resilience and recovery strategy

Urban land reform, integration and housing delivery in South Africa: A critique of the President’s Panel on Land Reform

Advertise: 2020 Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook