Margot Rubin

Feb 9, 2024 | polity.org.za | Terence Creamer |Ivan Turok |Margot Rubin |Andreas Scheba

Inclusionary housing policy offers a new way of addressing the urban housing crisis in South Africa. It involves private developers contributing to the production of well-located affordable housing in return for public incentives. What are the main principles and mechanisms involved in these partnerships? We look at the experiences of three South African cities at different stages of adopting and implementing the policy.

Sep 10, 2023 | news24.com | Marie Huchzermeyer |Amira Osman |Hannah le Roux |Margot Rubin

Supply of emergency and temporary accommodation alone cannot solve the  City of Johannesbur's housing crisis. Similarly, militarised police solutions are unconstitutional and incapable of addressing housing and safety in the inner city, write a group of academics in the fields of urban planning, architecture and housing. Thousands of Johannesburg inner-city residents occupy buildings in conditions like those that led to the fire at 80 Albert Street that killed at least 77 people.

Sep 9, 2023 | allafrica.com | Marie Huchzermeyer |Amira Osman |Hannah le Roux |Margot Rubin |Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon |Mfaniseni Fana Sihlongonyane | +6 more

Thousands of Johannesburg inner-city residents occupy buildings in conditions like those that led to the fire at 80 Albert Street that killed at least 77 people. They are living in derelict multi-storey buildings, former office blocks, sectional title buildings, tenements, warehouses and factories. The residents are mostly informal, unsalaried or poorly paid workers. Some are unemployed or on welfare grants. They can't afford even the lowest priced formal rental or social housing in the inner city.

Sep 9, 2023 | allafrica.com | Marie Huchzermeyer |Amira Osman |Hannah le Roux |Margot Rubin |Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon |Mfaniseni Fana Sihlongonyane | +6 more

Thousands of Johannesburg inner-city residents occupy buildings in conditions like those that led to the fire at 80 Albert Street that killed at least 77 people. They are living in derelict multi-storey buildings, former office blocks, sectional title buildings, tenements, warehouses and factories. The residents are mostly informal, unsalaried or poorly paid workers. Some are unemployed or on welfare grants. They can't afford even the lowest priced formal rental or social housing in the inner city.

Sep 8, 2023 | theconversation.com | Marie Huchzermeyer |Amira Osman |Hannah le Roux |Margot Rubin |Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon |Mfaniseni Fana Sihlongonyane | +6 more

Marie Huchzermeyer is a board member of the NGO Planact and a member of SACPLAN (the South African Council of Planners). She received funding from the NRF up until 2019. From 2016-2025 she receives funding from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). Amira Osman receives funding from Amira Osman receives funding from The National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Tshwane University of Technology.