Informal Settlements Growing – HSRC Report

A report by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) shows that one in four households in South Africa are located in informal settlements.

The 2011 State of South African Cities Report revealed that local government are struggling with an increased number of people moving into informal homes.

The report shows 25 percent of South African households can be classified as informal housing, adding that a fifth to a quarter of the urban population live in townships.

The HSRC’s Professor Irvin Turok said in the past 10 years national government had been ambiguous about informal housing.

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