Enfoque: The Dzivarasekwa Slum Upgrading Project, Zimbabwe

Cada semana, la Red CoHabitat comparte contigo un proyecto de vivienda colaborativa documentado en la base de datos cohabitat.io.

In 2010, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the city of Harare, the technical assistance organisation Dialogue on Shelter for the Homeless Trust (DSHT), and the Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation (ZHPF) in order to enumerate and upgrade the slums in the capital city.

The Federation is a community-based organisation affiliated to Slum Dwellers International (SDI) made up of a network of savings schemes in low-income communities, which collectively save for housing and other essential needs.

While enumerating all the slums (71 slums mapped by 2018), a pilot project started in Dzivarasekwa Extension (DZ) from where learnings would be applied elsewhere. Construction began in 2011 with 480 families as the primary beneficiary group. DZ families were involved in developing three architectural designs through community consultations with technical support by the City of Harare and Dialogue on Shelter.

Applying the learnings from SDI in other cities and communities where federations put together funds to finance citywide upgrading projects, ZHPF - together with DSHT and the City government - established and injected money into a revolving fund, the Harare Slum Upgrading Finance Facility (HSUFF). The home improvement loans are directed towards saving groups which, in turn, lend to their members. Members generally have informal incomes and are excluded from the official bank system.

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Dzivarasekwa Slum Upgrading Project, un estudio de caso en nuestra publicación sobre el acceso al suelo y la financiación para el hábitat colaborativo

Esta breve publicación repasa algunos de los proyectos ganadores del premio regional de vivienda comunitaria, centrándose en cómo consiguieron obtener terrenos y acceder a la financiación para planificar y construir, reformar o mejorar su entorno habitacional. Creemos que, a pesar de la diversidad de sus contextos y particularidades locales, estas prácticas pueden inspirar a otras personas que estén tratando de crear o consolidar proyectos de CLH (Community-Led Housing), sobre todo teniendo en cuenta que el acceso a la financiación asequible y al suelo suelen ser algunos de los principales obstáculos para desarrollar la CLH en todo el mundo..

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