Hindrances to sustainable collaborative governance in delivering low-income housing
Keywords:
collaborative governance, low-income, housing, deliveryAbstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine the hindrances to sustainable collaborative governance (SCG) in the delivery of low-income housing (LIH) in the city of Windhoek (CoW), Namibia. Using thematic analysis, nine themes about the hindrances to SCG in the provisioning of LIH in CoW were identified. Data were collected from 150 purposively sampled participants from the CoW, entailing local community leaders, CoW representatives, trade union representatives, National Housing Enterprise (NHE) representatives, private sector representatives, and civil society representatives. The primary qualitative data were analysed using NVivo to gain insights into the challenges faced by residents of low-income districts of CoW. The research findings confirmed that the efficient and effective delivery of decent LIH in the CoW is hampered by limited resources, lack of political will, red tape, rent-seeking behaviour and nepotism, discrimination, COVID-19, cost of land, high input costs, and poor urban planning. Based on the findings, the study contributed to the existing body of knowledge about housing delivery challenges. Furthermore, the study findings assist policymakers, local authorities, and the national government in promulgating and implementing policies to mitigate the hindrances to the delivery of LIH in CoW.
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