While government housing can raise living standards for the urban poor, it has environmental impacts and contributes to urban resource consumption. In Gauteng Province, South Africa, government housing aims to improve quality of life, reduce poverty and inequality, and transform unsustainable urban forms. This paper draws on survey and interview data to explore the social justice and environmental sustainability outcomes of Gauteng’s government housing programmes. The data reveal improved access to basic services and amenities. However, the developments tend to be poorly located with regard to economic opportunities, and residents are forced to explore other income generation opportunities. This paper highlights the complex interplay between justice and sustainability, where the outcomes are aligned in some instances and conflictual in others. It points to the need to move beyond linear, reductionist relationships between justice and sustainability to further the conceptual understanding of their interlinkages.

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通过政府住房开发建设公正，可持续的城市

虽然政府住房可以提高城市穷人的生活水平，但它对环境产生影响，并导致城市资源消耗。在南非豪登省，政府住房旨在改善生活质量，减少贫困和不平等以及改变不可持续的城市形式。本文利用调查和访谈数据来探讨豪登省政府住房计划的社会正义和环境可持续性成果。数据显示，人们可以更好地使用基本服务和便利设施。但是，就经济机会而言，发展往往处于劣势，居民被迫探索其他创收机会。本文强调了正义与可持续性之间复杂的相互作用，在某些情况下结果是一致的，而在另一些情况下是冲突的。