South Africa’s constitution guarantees the right to housing, yet, providing housing to all citizens is a challenge. Evictions, shack fires, and homelessness require temporary relocation as formal housing options are identified. This project assisted the Stellenbosch Municipality to understand the housing desires of one temporary community, La Rochelle, whose members declined a resettlement offer. Our recommendations were informed through life histories, interviews with housing professionals in government and non-government sectors, and observations of a range of housing strategies. In new housing, residents of La Rochelle desire access to resources that support their autonomy, opportunities to retain their current social networks, and formal support to integrate into a new community.

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Creator

• Momodu, Aleye Mofolusewa
• Ralphs, Caleb Justice
• Murillo, Donna Monique
• Bedard, Jeremy Donald

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Inclusion
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121318-080917

Keyword

• Equality--Social aspects
• Community development

Advisor

• Agloro, Alexandrina R.
• Bulled, Nicola

Year

• 2018

Center

• Cape Town, South Africa Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Stellenbosch Municipality Human Settlements and Pr

Date created

• 2018-12-13

Location

• Cape Town

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2020-11-27