Community/popular Sector In Housing Production In Kenya: An Overview Nachu
Abstract
Abstract
The paper categorizes actors in housing production in Kenya
into three sectors viz. the £ublic sector, the private enterprise
sector and and community/popular sector. The basis for
this categorization is the locus of power in the decisionmaking
process which influences the nature/type of housing
that is to be produced and thereby determines who can afford
such housing. Thus for the housing that is produced within
the public sector the locus of power is the state while the
locus of power for housing produced within ,the private enterprise
sector is the large scale private firms and consultants
who are involved in the construction sector. For the
commumty/popular sector the locus of power is the house
owner who might or might not be the user. The paper underscores
the importance of this sector in housing production
in Kenya because of the large proportion of housing in Kenya
that is produced through the sector. The paper further
gives a catalogue of actors within the se~tor who are
operating within both the rural and urban areas. It further
examines the problems the sector faces and concludes that
for the sector's viability in housing production to be enhanced
there is need to create certain links between it and both the
public and private enterprise sector. In creation of such
links, the sector should not be expected to acquire major
features of the public and private enterprise sectors. Rather,
it should be for the other sectors to appreciate the major
features of the community/popular sector since it is these
very features which enable the sector to provide majority of
Kenyans with housing.
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