Gender in the Urban Housing Poverty Matrix in Zimbabwe

This study examines the gender dimension to housing poverty in urban settings and is a case study from Chitungwiza, a dormitory town located 30km south of Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe. In the gendered housing crisis of Chitungwiza, low-income households, and women in particular, are at the receiving end of the housing poverty that is evident there. Thus, this study takes a course that primarily focuses on people‟s social constructions of housing and poverty and the impact that these constructions have on their socio – economic and political status. The study mainly examines gender equality as a key variable in the success or failure of housing interventions.