Supply of emergency and temporary accommodation alone cannot solve the City of Johannesbur's housing crisis. Similarly, militarised police solutions are unconstitutional and incapable of addressing housing and safety in the inner city, write a group of academics in the fields of urban planning, architecture and housing.
frequently lacks running water and sanitation, security, ventilation, lighting and formal electricity.with wood or cardboard. Electricity cabling, candles, paraffin lamps and generators contribute to the ever-present pollution and risk of fire. Homes and families’ lives are carved in the shadows of failing or non-existent infrastructure.
Various complex factors have led to the occupation of abandoned inner city buildings under precarious conditions. The city’s approach to this reality evolved into a sophisticated and nuanced
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