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Mr.
Mark
Misselhorn
Mark Misselhorn is the CEO of Project Preparation Trust in KwaZulu-Natal
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South Africa
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Blog post
A New Response to Informal Settlements
26 December 2010
Mark Misselhorn
Government should address informal settlement housing backlog in the country. Addressing challenges posed by informal settlements will help government to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals such as providing access to basic water and sanitation. Underlying socio-economic causes of informal settlements should be tackled. When addressing challenges posed by informal settlements, government should provide the urban poor with cost effective access to urban environments.