ABSTRACT
This chapter of the book provides an outline of housing legislation and jurisprudence, policy and implementation in South Africa since 1994. It discusses the housing legislative and policy framework in South Africa, examining the constitution with specific reference to the Bill of Rights and the Right to Housing, the National Housing Code (NHC) and the National Housing Programmes categorized therein with a specific focus on state-subsidized housing. This chapter also provides an overview of the developments in housing policy since 1994, including a summary of the negotiations at the National Housing Forum held between 1992 and 1994. Also examined is the supreme policy framework contained in the 1994 White Paper on Housing, and the problems associated with the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) (subsidized) houses built after 1994.
