Blogs

There are several observable housing-related challenges facing low income households in Africa. Undoubtedly, access to finance remains a critical bottleneck. Traditional housing finance, such as …

Since the beginning of March this year, almost all countries around the world have introduced measures to protect their citizens and their economies exposed to …

Globally, the  COVID-19 pandemic is triggering cross-cutting responses from housing sector practitioners who face the challenge of instituting measures to manage the various risks and …

The Transaction Support Centre (TSC) has been operational since July 2018 and since then has seen over 360 clients with various housing-related issues. The most …

Illana Melzer, lead consultant at 71point4, and Kecia Rust discuss the need to focus on specific interventions for South Africa’s affordable housing market to make …

CAHF has undertaken research into housing construction and housing rental value chains in South Africa and other African countries.[1]   The estimated economic value chain …

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated the persistent state of disaster facing a majority of households across the continent, whether they live in informal …

While housing is explicitly articulated in Target 11 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is a key component of sustainable development across all of …

Across the world, people are being asked to stay at home and practice social distancing, to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. This first strategy …

There are a number of framing concepts that drive CAHF’s work.  This blog sets out how we think about the housing asset, and why it …