@article{Pithouse_2009, title={A Progressive Policy without Progressive Politics: Lessons from the failure to implement ‘Breaking New Ground’}, volume={54}, url={https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/trp/article/view/600}, DOI={10.38140/trp.v54i0.600}, abstractNote={<p>This article provides a brief overview of post-apartheid housing policy. It argues that, in principle, ‘Breaking New Ground’ (BNG) was a major advance over the subsidy system but that the failure to implement BNG, which has now been followed by more formal moves away from a rights based and towards a security based approach, lie in the failure to take a properly political approach to the urban crisis. It is suggested that a technocratic approach privileges elite interests and that there could be better results from an explicitly pro-poor political approach – which would include direct support for poor people’s organisations to challenge elite interests, including those in the state, and to undertake independent<br>innovation on their own. </p>}, journal={Town and Regional Planning}, author={Pithouse, Richard}, year={2009}, month={May}, pages={1–14} }