This research report investigated public-private partnerships in the development of affordable
housing in Johannesburg. The study evaluated the success of affordable housing projects
developed through the joint efforts of the public and the private sector. It explored how the
private and the public sector help each other in development projects to ensure successful
projects which benefit low to middle (gap market) income households. To do this, the study
utilised two affordable/integrated housing development projects in the Johannesburg area.
These were the Fleurhof project on Main Reef road and the Pennyville development on New
Canada road. Interviews were also conducted to get information from the different stakeholders
involved in affordable housing project developments with regards to their experiences, lessons
learnt and propositions for better and more efficient running of future such projects.
Studies and information received from interviews were evaluated using theoretical frameworks
around affordable housing and public private partnerships as to determine if these projects and
activity happening in the Johannesburg area is in line with theories and policies developed to
guide public-private activity and affordable housing development. The findings from the field
study analysis (case studies and interviews) were used to provide recommendations as to what
can be done for better outcomes in public-private partnership projects in affordable housing
delivery.
From the field work it was found that contrary to the study claims and propositions, publicprivate
partnership housing developments are benefiting the intended income group and that
the private sector has gained confidence and is becoming more and more interested and
involved in such projects. This is not to say that no issues were discovered or raised during the
study. This is why recommendations were brought forward and these are mainly directed to the
public sector. Recommendations include that public sector needs to increase its capacity when
it comes to the area of developing affordable housing projects as lack of capacity results in
unnecessarily lengthy application approval periods which become very costly when it comes to
development. Other recommendations are for better planning and review of procedures for the
public sector to be more efficient as the private sector works on time and need payments and
other procedures to occur on time to avoid setbacks and strains on public private relationships.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/12893 |
| Date | 23 July 2013 |
| Creators | Dube, Simphiwe Petunia |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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