A human rights analysis of housing informality in Namibia: Challenges, ambitions, and misses
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2023
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Maastricht University
Abstract
This thesis set out to assess the legislative, administrative, and financial measures taken
by the Namibian Government to address the proliferation of informal settlements in the
country as per the dictates of international human rights law. It did this by applying the
OPERA framework of triangulation of outcomes, policy efforts and resource allocation
in the context of the right to adequate housing. The triangulation depicts tales of nonrecognition, deprivation, dereliction of duties, deterioration, a lack of urgency, and a
serious accountability gap. In other words, a total disconnect between the policy efforts
and resource allocation and spending patterns to deal with the scourge of housing
informality in the country. The thesis flag these as the main attributors for the scope
and severity the living conditions in informal settlements and/or the endemic housing
poverty in the country. Addressing the scourge of housing informality in Namibia will
require unprecedented political leadership, dedicated and vastly increased resources, and
closing the accountability gap
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A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of Doctorate
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Housing informality, Human rights analysis, Challenges, Ambitions, Misses, Namibia, University of Namibia