- Title
- An appraisal of RDP housing quality in sustaining the needs of the inhabitants: a case of Mount Ayliff, Chithwa Village in Umzimvubu Local Municipality
- Creator
- Mbuzane, Mandlakazi Berlina
- Subject
- Housing
- Subject
- Sustainable architecture
- Subject
- Public housing--Resident satisfaction in Mount Ayliff, Umzimvubu Local Municipality (Eastern Cape)
- Date Issued
- 2023-04
- Date
- 2023-04
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- Thesis
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/66323
- Identifier
- vital:74554
- Description
- When the South African democratic government gained power in 1994, its focus was on improving the lives of all the citizens, especially the ones who were the victims of apartheid laws. Providing adequate housing and proper access to government goods and services to poor citizens were perceived as an excellent initiative to better the quality of life of the previously disadvantaged people. This initiative gave birth to essential programmes such as the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP). The South African government embarked on an RDP housing programme to address the imbalances of apartheid spatial planning and unequal access to government goods and services. However, many studies have criticised this housing programme, stating that the government prioritised quantity over quality when constructing the subsidy houses. The purpose of the study was to appraise the quality of the RDP housing programme in sustaining the needs of the inhabitants in Mount Ayliff, Chithwa village, in Umzimvubu Local Municipality. The study employed a qualitative research method and used an interview guide to collect data from ten study participants. The findings show that the RDP housing programme has assisted many individuals in the community of Chithwa village in Mount Ayliff to get out of shacks and own proper houses. However, due to the cheap materials used and poor workmanship, the RDP houses in Mount Ayliff, Chithwa village are defective. Corruption and inconsistencies in the municipality's allocation of RDP houses have left people furious and disappointed in the RDP housing programme, as they believe their municipality is cheating them out of RDP houses. The RDP beneficiaries of Chithwa village in Mount Ayliff do not have title deeds even though they have occupied their houses for more than two decades. Lastly, the RDP beneficiaries had huge expectations about their RDP houses. However, they were disappointed when the houses they received did not meet their expectations. The study concludes by suggesting the actions the Department of Human Settlements and Umzimvubu Local Municipality could take in resolving challenges relating to the quality of RDP houses in Mount Ayliff, Chithwa village.
- Description
- Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and Technology, School of Built Environment/Construction Management, 2023
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- Format
- 1 online resource (xv, 131 pages)
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and Technology
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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