Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su13041772
Keywords
building materials; cost of materials; affordable housing; housing delivery
Funding
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
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Through surveys and data analysis, this study revealed the significant effects of cost increase of building materials on affordable housing delivery in South Africa. Potential solutions for cost minimisation of building materials and recommendations for enhancing affordable housing delivery were provided in the study.
Adequate provision of affordable human settlements is a huge challenge in South Africa since its independence. This paper investigates the effects of the cost increase of building materials on affordable housing delivery in South Africa. With potential solutions for cost minimisation of building materials, with the aim of achieving affordable housing delivery in South Africa are provided. This study uses a sequential mixed methods approach, wherein surveys were conducted among the construction professionals (project managers, site managers architects, site engineers, quantity surveyors, contractors, building materials suppliers, and government workers) in the construction industry within Cape Town, South Africa, who were considered as the research participants. The qualitative data obtained from the survey exercise were analysed using content analysis, while the quantitative data were analysed using a descriptive statistical technique on SPSS. The findings attained show fluctuation in construction cost and a rise in maintenance cost (caused by poor workmanship) as significant effects in the cost increase of building materials for affordable housing delivery. Adequate application of the recommendations given in this study will minimise the effects of high cost of building materials and enhance affordable housing delivery. Appropriate handling of the findings given in this study will reduce the effects of the high cost of building materials and augment timely delivery of affordable housing and stakeholders' satisfaction.
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