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    The actors' symbiosis in the recurrence of slums after in-situ housing redevelopment initiatives. Perspectives from Namuwongo slum, Kampala city
    (Journal of African Real Estate Research, 2023-11) Lydia, Nankya; Moses, Batanda Mubiru
    This paper examines the roles played by various actors in household mobility and the eventual reoccurrence of slums in the city of Kampala amidst the slum upgrading initiatives.The paper adopted a case study approach, utilising a mixture of both qualitative and quantitative techniques. A total of 60 semi-structured questionnaires were administered to the Slum Community, and 40 interviews were held with various key informant respondents. The analysis was primarily done through content analysis. The results indicate that the influence of slum upgrading actors in the low-income household mobility and reoccurrence of the Namuwongo slum was exhibited through three thematic areas. These included tracking the residential mobility tendencies, fit-for-purposes of the upgrading programs/initiatives, and actor collaboration. This paper concludes that actors' collaboration and participatory involvement in low-income slum-dwelling households should enable the adequate fit-for-purposes of the in- situ upgrading initiatives. This could go a long way in limiting slum reoccurrence as the key drivers of household mobility would be understood and well incorporated into the programs.
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    Digesting how the gender of household heads determines housing location choices in Sub-Saharan African cities: a review
    (Gender, Place & Culture, 2023-07-20) Moses, Batanda Mubiru; Said, Nuhu; Wilbard, Kombe; Tatu, Mtwangi Limbumba
    Our study reviews critical social science and policy literature on human settlement research. It examines how the gender of household heads determines housing location preferences in Sub-Saharan African cities. Five themes are obtained from the review: circumstances under which household headships emerge, household fundamental gender roles, interaction with the local property market, power relations and gender in social networks, as well as differing gendered residential location choices. Uncovering how varied gender-influenced household location choices are made underscores the differing significance of the unique gendered preferences in selecting urban housing in rapidly urbanising cities of Sub-Saharan Africa. Engendering the differing preferences and their effect on housing location choices is critical in tracking the housing location journeys of respective household heads and guiding policy action.