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    Developing integrated towns: key findings

    Urban LandMark, 2008
    The current land use system in South Africa has not been fundamentally reformed since apartheid. This has led to an overburdened state, reduced capacity and inefficiencies in providing land to the poor. In general, land use opportunities for the poor within cities continue to be exclusionary, over burdensome or dysfunctional to pro-poor sustainable human settlement management.
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    Co-existing urban land use management practices

    Urban LandMark, 2010
    Land use management systems are based on power, who has access to power in a particular area and at a particular time, and what conflicts, negotiations or compromises might exist between various powers or authorities.
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    Voices of the poor: access to urban land

    Urban LandMark, 2010
    In 2007 Urban LandMark undertook a series of consultations as part of the Voices of the Poor project. Four workshops were held in Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg. The workshops were attended mostly by civil society organisations as well as NGOs.
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    Formal residential markets in urban areas

    Urban LandMark, 2011
    Property market is functioning well for those who are able to participate in it, but for poorer people, for whom the critical requirement of affordability is a barrier, the formal market is not easily accessed. This case study examines the formal urban land and property market in South Africa, its institutions, “rules of the game” and functioning.
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    A long way home: following 26 years of core housing consolidation and the struggle to achieve a sense of dignity

    Urban LandMark, 2013
    The “core housing” concept originated in the 1950s, and has been implemented later in South Africa. This article aims to explore to what extent the South African government’s approach to providing core housing addresses the relevant demands in the context of rapid urbanisation.
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    Governance of urban land markets in Zimbabwe

    Urban LandMark, 2011
    Land market activity is a proxy indicator of economic health. Funding will continue to be a critical component of the land and housing development markets, hence the need for initiatives to promote savings at all levels.
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    Voices of the poor: literature review

    Urban LandMark, 2007
    The topic of access to urban land for the poor in South Africa is a very complex one as a number of factors impact on the urban poor’s ability to access urban land. This literature review is sought to capture some of the most important debates and issues with regards to the question of access to urban land.
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    Voices of the poor: community perspectives on access to urban land

    Urban LandMark, 2007
    The information in this brochure is taken from an analysis of the perspectives and experiences of civil society organisations about access to urban land by the poor. This was based on a series of workshops undertaken for Urban LandMark.
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    Do informal land markets work for poor people?: an assessment of three metropolitan cities in South Africa: literature review

    Urban LandMark, 2007
    The literature on urban land generally suggests that there is a straightforward relationship between urban land management and informal land markets. This review paper argues that informal land dynamics and land management processes are more complexly intertwined than the current literature suggests.
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    Investigation into the delays in issuing title
 deeds to beneficiaries of housing projects funded by the capitalsubsidy: desktop review

    Urban LandMark, 2011
    South Africa’s housing policy was launched in 1994 with a key component being the housing subsidy scheme which promised to deliver one million houses in five years. Since that date the Department of Human Settlements estimates that it has delivered approximately 2.8 million houses to qualifying beneficiaries throughout South Africa, through this scheme.

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