Comparative lessons in sectional title laws: Mitigating urban inequality in South Africa

• Main Author: TI, Edward S. W.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Property law; sectional titles; urban inequality; apartheid; South Africa; law and regulation; African Studies; Comparative and Foreign Law; Property Law and Real Estate
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3935; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5893/viewcontent/et_ojls.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Urban inequality in South Africa is a formidable problem that is linked to the injustices of its historical apartheid past. This paper identifies sectional titles, a form of property ownership where proprietors wholly own their apartment unit while co-owning the land and common property, as critical...