An assessment of quality management practices in low cost housing projects delivery in Mpumalanga province.

M. Tech. Construction ManagementAccess to housing and safe accommodation is an integral part of South African government's commitment to poverty relief and the improvement of well being of people. The delivery of low and middle income residential houses has nevertheless not kept up with the growing number of households making up an increasingly impoverished urban housing backlog in South Africa. Beneficiaries are often unhappy about the quality of the structures they have received. The aim of this research study is to assess the factors contributing to poor quality management practices in low-cost housing projects delivery