There shall be houses, security and comfort
By: Clarence Tshitereke
Contributors: Institute for Security Studies (South Africa)
Series: ISS paper -- 196; ISS papers -- no. 196.
Publisher: Institute for Security Studies
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Pretoria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Description: This paper outlines the centrality of housing to sustainable livelihoods within the rubric of human security and focuses on South Africa's national housing subsidy programme, its delivery output and impact on livelihoods. It also discusses the primacy of security of tenure within the context of the contemporary mortgage-induced international financial crisis-- to which South Africa has not been immune. The paper argues that housing is an important element of human security and that its role in a holistic approach to improving safety should be assessed through further research.
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"August 2009."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 14-16).

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Housing, human security and development; title: Millennium development goals : a practical extension of human security; title: The primacy of housing to sustainable livelihoods; title: Towards sustainable human settlements; title: Housing, affordability and security of tenure; title: Conclusion.