Abstract
The United Nations SDG 11 advocates for access to improved housing with adequate basic services for all by the year 2030. The goal pledges to make cities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. Congruent with the Sustainable Development Goals deadline and aspirations, Zimbabwe’s 2018 New Dispensation government introduced an ambitious Vision 2030 to buttress the global sustainable development plan. Vision 2030’s agenda aims to achieve a “Prosperous and Empowered Upper Middle-Income Society by 2030” through a sequential and systematic methodology that leaves no one behind in terms of, among other national development priorities, housing delivery in cities and other human settlements. This chapter examines the funding mechanisms available to support the national housing development plan that integrates SDG 11, evaluates the progress made toward annual targets in housing delivery, the missing elements in contemporary housing delivery approaches, and assesses the available opportunities and major setbacks. The chapter further explores the possible alternative implementation strategies to improve progress toward the achievement of resilient and sustainable human settlements that are inclusive and safe for all (SDG11). It underscores the multi-dimensional nature of housing delivery and the need to adopt a holistic, multi-dimensional, multilateral as well as a bottom-up approach now and into the future. Possible housing delivery options for the achievement of the nation’s vision 2030 and SDG 11 were provided as a way forward.
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Kusena, W., Mutekwa, V.T. (2024). Zimbabwe’s Vision 2030 Housing Delivery Trajectory for SDG 11 Achievement. In: Abubakar, I.R., da Silva, I., Pretorius, R., Tarabieh, K. (eds) SDGs in Africa and the Middle East Region. Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Regional Perspectives. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17465-0_86
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