ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at the effects the regeneration process is having on lived-experiences of the inner-city, and seeks to understand what the process has meant for tenants living in renovated buildings. In the context of Johannesburg’s enduring geographies of fragmentation, inequality and segregation, integrating people into central areas is a significant step towards realising urban citizenship and improving the spatial capital which low-to-moderate income households can lay claim to. The changes which have taken place in terms of tenants’ households have also led to changes in the social environments inside buildings. Housing providers, although utilising strict management practices and often harsh measures to enforce rental collection make concerted efforts to cater for the new family-type living arrangements in their buildings. In addition to the challenges faced by parents trying to raise children, other living conditions in the inner-city also continue to highlight disparities and contradictions in the way the post-apartheid social order has evolved.
