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Low-income tenants’ housing accessibility and affordable housing provision barriers. The case of Kigali, Rwanda
While most cities in the developing world are undergoing a rapid urbanisation process, they are confronted with a heightened challenge to meet the housing needs of low-income populations. In these cities, millions of urban households are compelled to live in precarious conditions and sub-standard housing structures since they can hardly find better alternative housing that is decent and affordable. In Kigali in Rwanda, the scarcity of affordable housing has turned into a persistent crisis for income-constrained households. This thesis aims to find out how the affordable housing problem is addressed and why responses have been slow even if the government has portrayed the issue as a priority. The literature has mainly focused on describing the local housing needs or establishing links between urbanization trends and housing unaffordability. As a result, this dissertation applies a holistic approach to the affordable housing sector to examine the perspectives of key actors directly affected by the lack of or those involved in affordable housing responses. This way, the specific objectives for the study are to: (1) explore how housing affordability for tenant family households has evolved in recent years in Kigali city, (2) examine key actors in the affordable housing sector and how the underlying institutional framework supports their interests, objectives and strategies for affordable housing provision, and (3) identify institutional constraints hindering key affordable housing providers given the institutional environment. An institutionalist approach was adopted to guide the empirical study. More precisely, the New Institutional Economics conceptual tools of institutions and transaction costs form the theoretical basis for the study. Given the nature of the study and the research questions it raises, a case study research design was suitable. Kigali city in Rwanda was selected as a holistic single case study to investigate the phenomenon. Empirical data was gathered through semi-structured interviews with key ...
Low-income tenants’ housing accessibility and affordable housing provision barriers. The case of Kigali, Rwanda
While most cities in the developing world are undergoing a rapid urbanisation process, they are confronted with a heightened challenge to meet the housing needs of low-income populations. In these cities, millions of urban households are compelled to live in precarious conditions and sub-standard housing structures since they can hardly find better alternative housing that is decent and affordable. In Kigali in Rwanda, the scarcity of affordable housing has turned into a persistent crisis for income-constrained households. This thesis aims to find out how the affordable housing problem is addressed and why responses have been slow even if the government has portrayed the issue as a priority. The literature has mainly focused on describing the local housing needs or establishing links between urbanization trends and housing unaffordability. As a result, this dissertation applies a holistic approach to the affordable housing sector to examine the perspectives of key actors directly affected by the lack of or those involved in affordable housing responses. This way, the specific objectives for the study are to: (1) explore how housing affordability for tenant family households has evolved in recent years in Kigali city, (2) examine key actors in the affordable housing sector and how the underlying institutional framework supports their interests, objectives and strategies for affordable housing provision, and (3) identify institutional constraints hindering key affordable housing providers given the institutional environment. An institutionalist approach was adopted to guide the empirical study. More precisely, the New Institutional Economics conceptual tools of institutions and transaction costs form the theoretical basis for the study. Given the nature of the study and the research questions it raises, a case study research design was suitable. Kigali city in Rwanda was selected as a holistic single case study to investigate the phenomenon. Empirical data was gathered through semi-structured interviews with key ...
Low-income tenants’ housing accessibility and affordable housing provision barriers. The case of Kigali, Rwanda
Nkubito, Fred (Autor:in) / Müller, Bernhard / Thum, Marcel / Kwaku Ahadzie, Divine / Technische Universität Dresden
15.03.2022
Hochschulschrift
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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