Demystifying the Affordability of housing

This paper is a continuation of housing debates specifically on affordable housing. Based on a series of previous research work within Tanzania and in comparative housing studies across Africa, the quest for housing solution appears to assume more complexity foremost on the social construction of what housing represents. There are certainly challenges that nations are faced with in resolving housing problems despite the strong desire to resolve them. The paper inquires on these challenges in policy context, querying whether nations have failed to identify and measure the barriers against affordable housing strategies. The paper argues that land ownership is not a guarantee to affordable housing leave alone housing supply as Habitat (2021) submits. It surveys successful cases with a view of identifying potential innovative approaches in resolving the housing problem. It contends without a clear framework that supports class of 24 students, in the form of presentation, for the past two weeks for a twelve – hours session using different pedagogical methods to assess their listening, reading, visualization and demonstration skills. Based on the literature reviewed, it was revealed that the level of absorption by learners through listening, reading, ognizantion and demonstration was around 40%, 30%, 60-80% and 30% respectively. The Visual, Auditory, Kinesthic (VAK) model was used to assess the learning achieved by the learners. An exercise was administered to 24 students to test and validate the theories. It was discovered that on the question that was prepared based on the listening theory, less than 42% of students were able to retain what they had listened to and read. On the ognizantion theory, Seventy-five percent (75%) were able to remember what they had seen with their own eyes and the images presented to them. Finally, Ninety-two percent (92%) were able to remember what was demonstrated in class. When using pedagogical strategies,It is recommended that lecturers should be ognizant of the blended learning by varying the teaching styles so that to enable learners to have a higher chance of remembering what they were taught in class thus to improving academic performance.