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Housing Cooperatives and the Politics of Local Organization and Representation in Peri-­Urban Harare, Zimbabwe

by Innocent Chirisa, Marilyn Gaza, and Elmond Bandauko Abstract Housing cooperatives have emerged in the context of housing challenges in the urban areas as a strategy for securing low-­‐‑cost housing accommodation in peri‑urban Harare. They constitute vehicles that allow people to pool resources and secure tenure. The paper explains the “politics of peri-­urban housing” in contemporary Zimbabwe by looking […]