AN EVALUATION OF PRIVATE SECTOR , GOVERNMENT AND NGO ’ S PARTICIPATION IN THE PROVISION OF LOW COST HOUSING IN ZAMBIA : A CASE STUDY OF LUSAKA ( Conference ID : CFP / 481 / 2017 )

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Lupiya, Mwenda M.
Copyright Year	2018
Abstract	There had been a housing shortage in Zambia and there was need to counter this housing problem and shortage by way of policy, thus the Zambia National Housing Policy was formulated. However, the housing problem still exists, the housing backlog has kept increasing and the intended results of the Zambia National Housing Policy remain unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the private sector, government and non-governmental organisations participation in the provision of housing in Zambia. This was done in order to help shed more insight into the housing problem and provide recommendations on how best to address it. Purposive sampling was primarily used to administer questionnaires to selected people in the study areas in Lusaka. This was supplemented by the use of desk top surveys, indepth individual interviews, document analysis and questionnaire surveys administered to selected individuals from the government, private sector and NGO's involved in housing provision. It was found that there was participation by all housing players in Zambia although the effort is insignificant compared to the housing need and deficit. Therefore, there is need for these housing players to more than double their efforts if any significant change is to be seen with regard to low cost housing provision. The study further revealed that what could be done collectively by the housing stakeholders in order to reduce the housing backlog in the nation was the mobilisation of resources and coordinated development starting with the provision of affordable finance and serviced land. Keywords— Evaluation; Housing; Non-Governmental Organisation's (NGO's); Government; Private Sector; Decent Housing; Affordable Housing; Housing Finance; Housing Policy; Poverty (Poor People). The International Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Research
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