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DESCRIPTION:Governing housing informality: The logics and impacts of regularising small-scale rental housingGoverning housing informality: The logics and impacts of regularising small-scale rental housing
<br />SPEAKER BIO
<br />Andreas Scheba is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Development Support at the University of the Free State (UFS), South Africa. He is also an executive member of the NRF Chair in City-Region Economies at UFS. From 2015 to 2025, he was a researcher at the Human Sciences Research Council. Andreas holds a PhD in Development Policy and Management from the University of Manchester, U.K., and a Masters in Socio-economics from the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria. His research focuses on how housing ideology, policy and practice shape cities and urban (economic) development in South Africa and the Southern African region. He is particularly interested in informal rental housing, social rental housing, public land release, and collective housing. Andreas has led, co-led, or contributed to many research projects of various sizes, including comparative projects across Northern and Southern geographies, resulting in numerous publications in academic outlets, reports, policy briefs, and popular media. He initiated and co-led the development of the Social Housing Portal (www.socialhousingportal.org.za).
<br />ABSTRACT
<br />Informal rental housing is a significant feature of urbanisation across the Global South. In South Africa, backyard rentals and other forms of small-scale rental housing have expanded significantly in recent years, driving the rapid, unmanaged densification of peripheral neighbourhoods. This growth raises important questions about urban development, spatial inequality and the governance of informality. Drawing on long-term, engaged research in Cape Town, this presentation examines the political economy of the City's recent reforms to enable small-scale rental housing. It analyses the actors, interests and logics shaping public efforts to regularise housing informality, and considers how these reforms may affect urban spatial and economic
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<br /><p class="p1"><strong>SPEAKER BIO</strong></p>
<br /><p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;">Andreas Scheba is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Development Support at the University of the Free State (UFS), South Africa. He is also an executive member of the NRF Chair in City-Region Economies at UFS. From 2015 to 2025, he was a researcher at the Human Sciences Research Council. Andreas holds a PhD in Development Policy and Management from the University of Manchester, U.K., and a Masters in Socio-economics from the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria. His research focuses on how housing ideology, policy and practice shape cities and urban (economic) development in South Africa and the Southern African region. He is particularly interested in informal rental housing, social rental housing, public land release, and collective housing. Andreas has led, co-led, or contributed to many research projects of various sizes, including comparative projects across Northern and Southern geographies, resulting in numerous publications in academic outlets, reports, policy briefs, and popular media. He initiated and co-led the development of the Social Housing Portal (www.socialhousingportal.org.za).</p>
<br /><p class="p1">ABSTRACT</p>
<br /><p class="p1">Informal rental housing is a significant feature of urbanisation across the Global South. In South Africa, backyard rentals and other forms of small-scale rental housing have expanded significantly in recent years, driving the rapid, unmanaged densification of peripheral neighbourhoods. This growth raises important questions about urban development, spatial inequality and the governance of informality. Drawing on long-term, engaged research in Cape Town, this presentation examines the political economy of the City's recent reforms to enable small-scale rental housing. It analyses the actors, interests and logics shaping public efforts to regularise housing informality, and considers how these reforms may affect urban spatial and economic</p>
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SUMMARY:Governing housing informality: The logics and impacts of regularising small-scale rental housing
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