The New Social Housing Programs Will Respond to the Dwelling Demand in Bujumbura City? A Socio-demographic Analysis Based on Household Solvency
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More than 30 years after the failures of the free housing and rent-to-own policies experienced from 1962 to 1989, the Burundi government has announced the resumption of the supply of housing under the rent-to-own system. The aim of the study is to contribute to the assessment of the capacity of the housing programs to respond to urban housing demand and the required efforts to satisfy this demand. It analyzes the proportion of solvent households by frequencies tabulation and determines the profile of non-solvent households by Multiple Correspondence Factorial Analysis. The analysis is performed from data on 580 households that did not own their dwellings at the time of the Integrated Survey on the Household Living Conditions in Burundi (EICVMB 2019). The results show that only 15.2% of households have a solvent housing demand to which the housing programs can offer decent houses. Non-solvent households are those whose heads are uneducated and without formal employment. These households are renting small dwellings (1 to 3 pieces), at a low cost (less than BIF 50,000 or slightly more). These results show that public housing programs are a necessary, but not sufficient solution to the issue of decent housing in Bujumbura. To ensure access to decent housing, there is need for more purchasing power through professionalization and employment. In addition, community group initiatives would enable self-construction of housing and basic social services.
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