DAG’s Conference on Right to the City is a Roaring Success!

11th -13th October, Cape Town Lodge. A conference co-hosted by DAG and UN-HABITAT’s Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) with more than forty international and local experts on urban land management, democratic urban governance, land value capture and more.

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Vision and Mission

The creation of sustainable human settlements through development processes which enhance human rights, dignity and equity.

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Medium Density Housing

DAG’s resource book advocates for mixed use, mixed income and public rental housing for the poor on well-located urban land.

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Community Driven Housing

Supporting communities to lead their own development. Read DAG’s good practice case studies in participatory housing processes.

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News

Occupy Rondebosch Common

The planned occupation by community-based organisations of the Rondebosch Common to hold a People’s Summit on Land, Jobs and Housing has raised the ire of the City of Cape Town ...

Conference on the Right to the City Report

The report of the 'Re-imagining the City - a New Urban Order' Conference held in October 2010 in Cape Town has just been published. The conference explored five critical dimensions ...

Land Value Capture

Land is a natural resource that cannot be reproduced once it is all used up. The way land and housing is managed in Cape Town has failed poor people, leading to poverty and more ...

Democratic urban governance

DAG supports Democratic urban governance because it can lead to a more inclusive city based on a social contract between government and citizens.Download the brochure here ...

Community-driven Housing

Read how communities can participate in community-driven housing. DAG supports community - driven housing because it encourages people to have control of the way their neighbourhood, ...

Land Value Capture/ Taxation (LVC/T) Scoping Study completed

October 2010. Working in partnership with UN-Habitat’s Global Land Tool Network DAG developed an comprehensive overview of the land value capture/taxation (LVC/T) policies, programs, ...

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Events

DAG’s Conference on Right to the City is a Roaring Success!

11th – 13th October 2010. DAG successfully held its three day conference entitled ‘Re-imagining the City - a New Urban Order’ in central Cape Town in October 2010. The conference ...

Land Value Capture and Land Management mini-courses

14 - 16 October 2010. DAG successfully held a series of mini-courses on land management and value capture in partnership with the Erasmus University Institute for Housing and ...

Public Debate on FIFA World Cup 2010

On 2 September 2010 DAG held a public debate on the theme Voices of the Urban Poor: Insights and Lessons from the FIFA World Cup. City of Cape Town Deputy Mayor, Alderman ...

Indaba on People, Land and Housing

15 April 2010, O. R Tambo Sports Complex, Khayelitsha. This event saw the launch of three case studies which document the process, challenges and successes of community-driven housing ...

Horizontal Learning Platforms

Horizontal Learning Platforms (HLPs) are collective learning spaces where participants from community organisations learn from a cross-section of urban development role-players. HLPs ...

Friends of DAG

On a quarterly basis, DAG convenes Friends of DAG seminars to stimulate debate and lobby for developmental approaches in urban development policy and praxis. The forum targets people ...

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