Social housing has the potential to contribute to economic inclusion and urban integration if it is well-located. However, this is complicated by economic forces that shape land and property markets and constrain the ability of social housing organisations to afford suitable sites for development on the open market. The paper shows how South Africa’s transformative vision for social housing has been diluted by the gradual spatial drift of projects from the accessible urban core towards outlying areas. Poor coordination has meant that social housing organisations have operated in relative isolation without the consistent government support required to obtain surplus public land in well-situated areas.

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社会住房可以帮助整合分裂的城市吗？

如果位置优越，社会住房有可能促进经济包容和城市一体化。然而，由于经济力量塑造了土地和房地产市场，并限制了社会住房组织在公开市场上为开发提供合适场地的能力，这使得情况变得复杂。该论文展示了南非对社会住房的变革愿景如何被项目从无障碍城市核心向外围地区的逐渐空间漂移所冲淡。协调不力意味着社会住房组织在相对孤立的情况下运作，没有政府持续支持在地理位置优越的地区获得剩余公共土地。