HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
SETTLEMENT UPGRADING
RESEARCH, ADVOCACY
STALLED PROJECTS
ABOUT PEP
Since being established in 1998 PEP has worked with informal communities to design, implement and manage the provision of housing and basic services in a manner that places people at the center of their own development. PEP’s focus is on rebuilding the social compact between informal citizens and local government through practical, on the ground, partnerships.
NEWS
There’s a way to sort out lighting in informal settlements
There’s a way to sort out lighting in informal settlements Solar powered public lights are better than high-mast lights, collaborative Cape Town project suggests By Noah Schermbrucker 23 June 2023 Solar-powered lights fixed onto the outside of shacks in informal settlements may be a better option than high-mast lights, a project in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, […]
Western Cape has tried a new approach to housing — and it’s bearing fruit
Western Cape has tried a new approach to housing. It’s bearing fruit The programme accepts that informal settlements are a major part of our cities By Noah Schermbrucker 13 January 2023 Over the past five years the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements has scaled up its support of informal settlements. With eight organisations, it […]
