Abstract
Questioning the concept of affordable housing - affordable to who in tanzania?
Highlights
The concept of affordable housing is broadly defined by UNHABITAT (2011) as that which is adequate in quality and its location does not cost so much that it hinder its occupants meeting other basic living costs or threatens their enjoyment of basic human rights
UNCHS (1998) elaborate further that completeness of housing adequacy should be in terms of satisfactory privacy; space; physical accessibility; security; security of tenure; structural stability and durability; lighting, heating and ventilation; basic infrastructure, such as watersupply, sanitation and waste-management facilities; suitable environmental quality and health related factors; and accessible location with regard to work and basic facilities - all of which should be available at an affordable cost
High rate of urbanization and poverty have caused over one billion poor people to live in urban areas without access to basic services or adequate shelter and inadequate housing to majority
Summary
The concept of affordable housing is broadly defined by UNHABITAT (2011) as that which is adequate in quality and its location does not cost so much that it hinder its occupants meeting other basic living costs or threatens their enjoyment of basic human rights. Access to adequate and affordable housing is dependent upon sufficient supply of land, basic infrastructure, construction materials, labour and finance. Mark et al (2006) view affordability of an item as an amount of financial stress that the purchaser would encounter. This stress is in two folds, first how much of the income goes to various purchases and secondly how much income is left unspent at that particular time.
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