TY - GEN
T1 - Assessing Affordable Housing Provision Through Inclusionary Housing Policy in the City of Johannesburg
AU - Zondo, Bongiwe
AU - Pretorius, Ockert R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026.
PY - 2026
Y1 - 2026
N2 - The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) and other South African cities have sough to implement inclusionary housing policies toward catalyzing spatial restructuring in post-apartheid human settlements and the provision of affordable housing. These policies include rules or planning techniques that mandate or offer incentives to private developers to include affordable or social housing as part of their market-driven developments. The CoJ adopted its first inclusionary housing policy in February 2019, which requires private developers to preserve a percentage of 30% for affordable housing. However, the implementation of inclusionary housing is relatively new in South Africa and limited research on the social, economic, and spatial effects of related policies have been undertaken, including their ability to stimulate the provision of affordable housing. The aim of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of the CoJ inclusionary housing policy in this regard. The study employed a qualitative research approach, using semi-structured interviews as a data collection instrument involving relevant municipal officials and private developers situated in the study area. Findings indicate that there are significant challenges in the implementation of the policy, including potential negative effects on the feasibility of market-orientated developments subject to affordability requirements, and a disjuncture between policy objectives and potential outcomes. However, there is a cross-stakeholder consensus regarding the need for inclusionary housing policy in the municipality with specific reference to its potential to foster integration and housing affordability. Recommendations include increased collaboration in the implementation of the policy calculator intervention, improved monitoring of developer adherence to affordability requirements, and the continuous engagement between public and private stakeholders toward the improvement of the policy and its directives.
AB - The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) and other South African cities have sough to implement inclusionary housing policies toward catalyzing spatial restructuring in post-apartheid human settlements and the provision of affordable housing. These policies include rules or planning techniques that mandate or offer incentives to private developers to include affordable or social housing as part of their market-driven developments. The CoJ adopted its first inclusionary housing policy in February 2019, which requires private developers to preserve a percentage of 30% for affordable housing. However, the implementation of inclusionary housing is relatively new in South Africa and limited research on the social, economic, and spatial effects of related policies have been undertaken, including their ability to stimulate the provision of affordable housing. The aim of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of the CoJ inclusionary housing policy in this regard. The study employed a qualitative research approach, using semi-structured interviews as a data collection instrument involving relevant municipal officials and private developers situated in the study area. Findings indicate that there are significant challenges in the implementation of the policy, including potential negative effects on the feasibility of market-orientated developments subject to affordability requirements, and a disjuncture between policy objectives and potential outcomes. However, there is a cross-stakeholder consensus regarding the need for inclusionary housing policy in the municipality with specific reference to its potential to foster integration and housing affordability. Recommendations include increased collaboration in the implementation of the policy calculator intervention, improved monitoring of developer adherence to affordability requirements, and the continuous engagement between public and private stakeholders toward the improvement of the policy and its directives.
KW - Affordable housing
KW - City of Johannesburg
KW - Human settlements
KW - Inclusionary housing
KW - Sustainable development
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105036389946
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-032-08992-2_62
DO - 10.1007/978-3-032-08992-2_62
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105036389946
SN - 9783032089915
T3 - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
SP - 743
EP - 754
BT - Facilitating Inclusivity in Multi-, Inter-, and Transdisciplinary Sustainable Built Environment Research in Emerging Economies - Inclusivity in Sustainable Built Environment Research
A2 - Aigbavboa, Clinton
A2 - Awuzie, Bankole
A2 - Aghimien, Douglas
A2 - Oke, Ayodeji Emmanuel
A2 - Omotayo, Temitope
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 1st Global Scholarship for Sustainable Built Environment Research Conference, SURE Built 2025
Y2 - 4 September 2025 through 5 September 2025
ER -