The middle remains missing: class exclusion from the urban rental market in suburban Johannesburg

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dc.contributor.authorMcKay, Tracey
dc.contributor.authorFakudze, Nomfundo
dc.contributor.authorGunter, Ashley
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-14T07:12:59Z
dc.date.available2022-11-14T07:12:59Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThere is a huge demand for housing in Johannesburg, South Africa, due to significant in-migration as well as the legacy of apartheid. Rental housing supply in Johannesburg is particularly constrained. Despite this, little is known about the formal rental market in terms of middle income access. Thus, this explorative qualitative study seeks to partially address this research gap. Results show that specific legislative constraints, namely the National Credit Act and the Prevention of Illegal Eviction and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act, have created an imbalance between the rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants, driving onerous credit checks and documentary demands, all of which are inadvertently excluding individuals from the formal rental market. Thus, while race previously excluded many from the suburbs under study, class now seems to be a significant factor in terms of who can access rental property. As such, rental housing supply is to some degree artificially constrained.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150479/aa54i1/6
dc.identifier.citationMcKay, T., Fakudze, N., & Gunter, A. (2022). The middle remains missing: class exclusion from the urban rental market in suburban Johannesburg. Acta Academica, 54(1), 113-133. http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150479/aa54i1/6en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2415-0479
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/11958
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthor(s)en_ZA
dc.rights.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectMiddle incomeen_ZA
dc.subjectRental housingen_ZA
dc.subjectJohannesburgen_ZA
dc.subjectNational Credit Acten_ZA
dc.subjectPIE Acten_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.titleThe middle remains missing: class exclusion from the urban rental market in suburban Johannesburgen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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