Housing for the low income urban population

ABSTRACT

This report is an evaluation of the South Lunzu Traditional Housing Project in Blantyre. Of the 11;000 present inhabitants about 4;000 had been found at the inception of the project; a further 4;000 had been forced by the Malawi Housing Corporation [MHC] to settle; and only about 3;000 had come voluntarily. Of these; only about 2;000 had passed the formal application procedure; and quite a number was not of the low-income group. The road network and the water supply system being completed according to plan; were already found in a firststage of gradual decay