Student Housing and Homelessness

A Paradox of Urban Gentrification in Pretoria’s Old East, South Africa

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ID22335774
AuthorsJohn Mashayamombe (0000-0002-2317-4578, University of Pretoria, corresponding author), Rehana Vally (0000-0002-4103-996X, University of Pretoria)
Year2020
Volume51
Issue3-4
Pages95-113
Publication date2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociety in Transition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1028-9852 • E-ISSN: 2072-1978
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21528586.2022.2030250
OpenAlexW4210924382
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited13

The urgency of providing affordable student housing influenced government and higher education institutions to consider urban renewal as a possible avenue to alleviate this demand, with the result that private–public partnerships were promoted to address this. Issues discussed in this article are drawn from qualitative interviews with University of Pretoria’s Student Representative Council (2018–2019), a university official and a Pastor as well as an administrator from churches based in Hatfield and Arcadia, Pretoria. This article looks at urban renewal processes in Hatfield (Old East of Pretoria), which is home to the University of Pretoria and argues that the unintended consequences of revanchist gentrification has not sufficiently addressed issues of affordable student housing. Rather, there is evidence of student homelessness

Economic growth · Economics · Gentrification · Higher education · Political science · Public housing · Sociology · Unintended consequences · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Local Economic Development and Planning · Public Administration · Urban and Rural Development Challenges

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