Abstract:
The study explores housing markets in Zimbabwe. There is need for cheap housing
in urban areas because of Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) increasing urban
population. There is also need to create futures that are more inclusive cities in
which everyone has a right to live in a nice place. Descriptive analysis, content analysis and case study method were the three methods used in this study. Results
from this research argue that most of the urban poor are the most affected people
in housing markets in Zimbabwe as evidenced by the sprouting of a huge number
of informal housing in peri-urban areas of most cities in Zimbabwe. Although
measures, including the introduction of the Ministry of Local Government and
Housing, after independence, slum upgrading, decentralisation and various
policies, the demand for housing has increased and the government has failed to
reduce it due to different socio-economic factors that include rapid urbanisation,
population growth and rural urban migration, to mention a few. Various key
factors affect housing markets in Zimbabwe, and it might be challenging to
renovate slums and poorly designed regions and create infrastructure at a rate
quicker than the expansion of the urban population. There is need for a holistic
approach by different stakeholders such as investors, housing and population
gurus, and government and private sector organisations to bring new innovative
and African context ideas to the housing crisis in Zimbabwe.
Description:
The journal is a forum for the discussion of ideas, scholarly opinions and case studies
on law and policy, statutes, constitutions, general rules of the game (institutional
mechanisms) and policy pronouncements or declared positions that are put to
scrutiny, weighed, interpreted and evaluated. In all these matters, the intention and
context usually define the outcomes and impact. The journal is produced bi
annually.
