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    Manual C: urban land access: options

    Urban LandMark, 2008
    The target group for this manual is the leadership of organised groups of homeless in need of land for housing development. The manual outlines the various options for how and when land can be accessed. In addition, it presents general advices to be taken with on the land access journey. These contain the following:
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    Manual B: urban land access: the steps

    Urban LandMark, 2008
    This manual is targeted at people who are working with or want to work with others to get land to build housing for the group in South Africa. The manual focuses on land for settlement development or urban land. The publication clarifies that its aim is to provide detailed information on each of the five main stages of land access:
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    Access to urban land: a handbook for community organisations

    Urban LandMark, 2008
    Lack of access to urban land by the poor is one of the biggest challenges facing South African cities. Urban LandMark, a focused NGO, organised a series of workshops across the country to document the experiences and views of community organisations with regard to urban land issues; this paper overviews the outcomes of these workshops.
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    Analysis of qualitative survey on accessing, holding and trading land: synthesis report

    Urban LandMark, 2008
    Holding and trading of urban land by the poor is still an issue in South Africa. The current report presents and analysis of a number of interviews that were undertaken by concerned NGO in nine South African settlements to shed lights on this issue.
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    Scoping study: local land registration practices in South Africa

    Urban LandMark, 2008
    Recognition of what exists in informal settlement upgrading is particularly important in comparison with greenfields development. This report is intended to inform the work in the tenure theme area on securing and managing land rights in informal settlement upgrading processes in South Africa.
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    LANDfirst campaign strategy: policy, people, participation

    Urban LandMark, 2009
    LANDfirst (LF) is an approach to settlement development that emphasises the provision of planned secure land with basic services as a first step towards a longer-term housing and settlement upgrading process. This document aims to define and locate campaigns as an advocacy tool for LF and propose a campaign strategy for it.
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    Towards managed land settlement: a review of 5 South African case studies

    Urban LandMark, 2010
    The Managed Land Settlement (MLS) approach is about the provision of basic development products to all people in need of land for settlement development purposes no matter where they come from. The purpose of this report is to explore the lessons which can be learnt from programmes and projects which have adopted an MLS-like approach to Greenfields development in South Africa.
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    The struggle for property ownership in New Crossroads: the 'tandpyn' that won't go away

    Urban LandMark, 2010
    This document explores the consequences of home ownership for poor citizens living in informal settlements in South Africa, focusing particularly on “New Crossroads” in Cape Town.
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    Strategy for increasing supply of small-scale private dwelling rental in South Africa

    Urban LandMark, 2009
    This report outlines a proposed strategy to harness the power of small-scale private landlords in order to increase the rate and scale of delivery of affordable, acceptable rental accommodation in South Africa’s existing suburbs and townships.
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    Small-scale private rental: a strategy for increasing supply in South Africa

    Urban LandMark, 2010
    Small-scale rental is a significant provider of affordable, acceptable intermediate rental accommodation in South Africa. This report outlines a proposed strategy to harness the power of small-scale private landlords in order to increase the rate and scale of delivering such adequate accommodation in South Africa’s existing suburbs and townships.

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