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Title: | Co-housing as a possible housing option for children affected by HIV/AIDS: evidence from informal settlements |
Authors: | Simpson, Barbara Raniga, Tanusha |
Year: | 2004 |
Periodical: | Urban Forum |
Volume: | 15 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 365-379 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | children housing self-help AIDS |
External link: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12132-004-0014-4 |
Abstract: | In South Africa, HIV/AIDS is having a devastating effect on the lives of residents, especially children, in informal settlements. The present housing policy makes provision for limited housing and does not provide the flexibility needed for households to expand to accommodate additional family members affected and infected by HIV/AIDS. It also does not provide security for orphaned children. This paper suggests that co-housing offers a form of housing that could contribute to a more supportive environment that could absorb orphaned children more easily than the existing model of single family dwellings. Co-housing is the name for a type of voluntary, collaborative housing that has been developing in Denmark, the USA and Australia since the 1970s. This type of housing scheme combines the autonomy of private dwellings with the advantages of community living. Co-housing builds on family values and takes into account the caring, nurturing and supportive responsibilities of communities as a whole. The paper is based on an exploratory study, which examined the perceptions of community leaders in four urban and rural informal settlements in KwaZulu-Natal - Etete, Seatides informal, Bayview informal and Lusaka - regarding the impact of HIV/AIDS on living arrangements. Bibliogr. [ASC Leiden abstract] |