Satisfaction of female-headed households on state-led resettlement housing in Kigali: A gender intersectionality lens
Female-headed households (FHHs) constitute a heterogeneous social group with diverse resettlement housing needs, expectations, and aspirations. This study intends to expand knowledge on resettlement housing schemes using a gender lens. However, it goes further to unpack FHHs because women have diffe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2025-12-01
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| Series: | Cogent Social Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2025.2529430 |
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| Summary: | Female-headed households (FHHs) constitute a heterogeneous social group with diverse resettlement housing needs, expectations, and aspirations. This study intends to expand knowledge on resettlement housing schemes using a gender lens. However, it goes further to unpack FHHs because women have different needs, and little is known about how these needs influence their housing satisfaction. Using a qualitative case study approach, this study investigates two purposively selected state-led resettlement housing sites within Kigali’s Integrated Development Program (IDP): Busanza, a compulsory resettlement, and Gikomero, a partially voluntary one. Purposive and snowball sampling were employed. Data were collected through two focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews with FHHs, followed by thematic analysis. The findings reveal that social identities such as disability, mother of teenage girls and boys, marital status, job types, household size, and chronic illness intersect with resettlement housing design, space functionality, and the social environment to influence FHHs’ satisfaction differently. This study shows that the IDP scheme falls short in satisfying the physical, cultural, and social housing needs of FHHs. This underlines the need for actively involving future residents, particularly FHHs, in their disaggregated identities, in the design, planning, construction, and allocation of resettlement housing to promote inclusive (decent) housing wellbeing. |
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| ISSN: | 2331-1886 |