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In urban centers of Ghana and Tanzania, housing tenure is dynamic across age cohorts, with most older individuals achieving ownership, while a vulnerable minority, primarily women, remain dependent on extended family for housing. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine how urban housing tenure outcomes evolve across age cohorts and gender within dynamic African housing markets.

August 19, 2026Housing StudiesOpen Access

A dynamic analysis of tenure status in Africa’s urban housing markets

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DMDiana MitlinCenter for Global Development IAIsaac K. ArthurUniversity of Ghana JKJ.M. Lusugga KirondeArdhi University

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Cohort analysis reveals age- and gender-based shifts in housing tenure across urban centers, highlighting persistent vulnerability among family-dependent women.

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To examine how urban housing tenure outcomes evolve across age cohorts and gender within dynamic African housing markets.
Analyzed urban housing outcomes across four urban centers in Ghana and Tanzania.
Evaluated housing trajectories and tenure transitions across five age cohorts stratified by gender.
Homeownership rates were high among older cohorts, whereas younger cohorts were predominantly tenants.
A small but significant proportion of individuals, primarily women, remained dependent on extended family networks for shelter.
Growing commodification of urban land and structural market shifts threaten to diminish housing opportunities despite proactive individual efforts to improve living conditions.

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Mitlin et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a85630603308d306e2d5f92 https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2026.2712271

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Cohort analysis reveals age- and gender-based shifts in housing tenure across urban centers, highlighting persistent vulnerability among family-dependent women.

A dynamic analysis of tenure status in Africa’s urban housing markets

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A dynamic analysis of tenure status in Africa’s urban housing markets

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