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Africa: South Africa Is Short of 2.6 Million Homes – Vienna’s Approach to Social Housing Offers Useful Lessons

Africa: South Africa Is Short of 2.6 Million Homes – Vienna’s Approach to Social Housing Offers Useful Lessons

South Africa faces a housing backlog of at least 2.6 million units, for more than 12 million people. The state supply of new, subsidised housing has declined over the past decade and the government’s housing policy is shifting. It sees the private sector as becoming the main provider of “affordable housing”. The market, according to…

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Africa: South Africa Is Short of 2.6 Million Homes – Vienna’s Approach to Social Housing Offers Useful Lessons

Africa: Nearly Half of the World’s Children Exposed to At Least Three Overlapping Climate Threats – Unicef

New York — Drought, extreme heat, and heatwaves are the most prevalent trio of hazards endangering millions of children globally, according to new climate report Nearly half of the world’s children – or 1.1 billion – are now exposed to at least three overlapping climate hazards, threatening their health, education, and survival, according to a…

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