Sustainable Social Housing Development in BRICS+ Countries

This book serves as a comprehensive examination of the challenges and best practices encompassing access to adequate housing in BRICS+ nations. It provides insights into the initiatives that can empower BRICS+ countries to build resilient, inclusive, sustainable cities and communities for the future, relevant to the UN SDG 11. The book is written in a non-technical style in order to be accessible to various actors including non-specialists. In addition, it takes into account perspectives from various stakeholders, including governments, NGOs, academic institutions, financial institutions and citizens. It consults international frameworks and standards for housing, including treaties, declarations, and conventions on the right to housing. With this, it also provides solutions to creating sustainable cities to realise SDG11 and thereby dignify communities with adequate housing. Soraya Beukes is a human rights lawyer and social justice advocate. She holds an LLD in Public Law from the UWC. She is a law lecturer at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) and is affiliated to the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI) at UWC where she does community engagement lectures on socio economic rights. Her research career is enriched through her multiple Erasmus Mundus international research scholarships. Marzieh Asaadi is a researcher specializing in international macroeconomics, with a focus on sustainable development and the knowledge-based economy. She holds a PhD in monetary and international macroeconomics from the University of Glasgow. Pfano Mashau is a Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Management, IT and Governance. He holds a PhD in Management Sciences. He is involved in lecturing at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, teaching modules such as Economics, Local Economic Development, International Business and Research Methodology. Marina G. Shilina is Professor at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics and Lomonosov State University (Moscow, Russia). She received her PhD from Lomonosov Moscow State University (2007) and her post-doctoral degree (D.Sc.) from St. Petersburg State University (2012). Nazreen Shaik-Peremanov has taught at universities spanning from Columbia to Fort Hare to Siberia. She is a visiting academic teaching international law at the Tyumen University. Nazreen has also worked with the UN-ICTY.