Faculty of Arts
School of Humanities
0400617v
mosmakoso@yahoo.com
Degree of master housing / The aim of the study was to investigate, how Welkom council is responding to street
homelessness in Welkom. The democratic government adopted, the Reconstruction and
Development Programme, as an integrated socio-economic policy framework, to
mobilize national, and human resources, towards a sustainable housing for urban, and
rural poor. However, despite, the government’s concerted commitment to providing
massive housing for its citizens, the problem of homelessness, remains pervasive. Three
themes, which emerged as critical during the study, are discussed in detail, namely, lack
of housing policy, addressing specifically street homelessness; lack of financial and legal
mandate, by the local council, to house street homelessness; and lack of research
department, and human resources for effective conceptualization of the issue. It is argued
that the department of research is critical in providing strategic research facilities, in areas
of housing policy, and legislation frameworks. Equally critical, is the need for skilled
human resources, necessary for strategic and holistic provision of efficient and effective
services. The study suggests complete overhaul of the national housing policy making it
holistically inclusive. Equally suggested, is capacity building necessary for sustainable,
efficient, and effective housing delivery and eradication of homelessness.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/1448 |
| Date | 26 October 2006 |
| Creators | Okumu, Moses |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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