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Social Rental Housing and Empowerment: Voices of Beneficiaries from Gauteng, South Africa.
- Source :
- Southern African Journal of Social Work & Social Development; 2022, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p1-15, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Adequate housing undergirds all social and economic relations, connecting communities with other related services that are key for people’s optimum development. It is a key social welfare service and a basic human need whose empowerment function resonates with the social work agenda of enabling smooth functioning of the society and creating socially and economically viable communities. In this article, I report on the housing experiences of social housing beneficiaries in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Using an empowerment lens, I contend that housing has the potential to give people more control and self-determination over their lives by linking them to the economy. I employed purposive sampling in this qualitative study and selected three social housing institutions: two in Johannesburg and one in Pretoria. In each of these institutions a focus group discussion was conducted with the beneficiaries. The research findings indicate that adequate housing delivery bears numerous empowerment dividends, directly helping poor people to break from a cycle of poverty. Consonant with its mandate of empowering communities, social work needs to be more proactive in housing advocacy on behalf of poor people and marginalised individuals and groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 25200097
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Southern African Journal of Social Work & Social Development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159175896
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.25159/2708-9355/7222