Better governance

The land governance theme work focuses on how government can improve its management of land through better planning and land-use management, through its land taxation policies and practices, and how it acquires and disposes of land, all with a focus on how to improve access to land by the poor.

2011

• Investigation into the delays in issuing title deeds to beneficiaries of housing projects funded by the capital subsidy
• Urban land markets in Zimbabwe and Lesotho: scoping studies

2010

• Development Facilitation Act (DFA) Review

2009

• Municipal rates policies and the urban poor

2008

• CUBES and Planact Land Management Project
• Developing Integrated Towns
• Metsweding peri-urban land management assessment and strategy
• Recognition and enhancement of socially dominated urban land markets

2007

• International Land Banking Practices: Considerations for Gauteng Province
• Regulatory Impact Assessments for Housing