A Progressive Policy without Progressive Politics: Lessons from the failure to implement ‘Breaking New Ground’

This article provides a brief overview of post-apartheid housing policy. It argues that, in principle, ‘Breaking New Ground’ (BNG) was a major advance over the subsidy system but that the failure to implement BNG, which has now been followed by more formal moves away from a rights based and towards...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richard Pithouse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2009-05-01
Series:Town and Regional Planning
Subjects:
BNG
Online Access:http://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/trp/article/view/600