nationwide and contributions of these schemes using Mutare City Council in Zimbabwe as a case study (UN-Habitat 2006:23). 1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The increasing urbanisation not matching with housing delivery by urban local authorities has been a topical issue causing the increasing sprawling urban informal settlements. Mutare City Council like other urban local authorities in Zimbabwe is facing numerous tribulations because of these illegal settlements, involves environmental degradation and outbreak of diseases such as cholera and typhoid due to uncollected garbage, bursting sewer pipes-as a result of overcrowding and erection of backyards informal extensions in urban residential areas. Therefore, due to Mutare City to Council’s inability adequately meet the demand for urban housing it uses Conventional Housing Schemes as a strategy of relocating informal settlers, supplying affordable houses to all homeless inhabitants in City of Mutare. However, nothing has changed yet due to several challenges emerged in the provision of urban affordable using these housing schemes that includes politics, economic decline, social and technology problems. From the researcher point of view if these challenges faced by (C.H.S) are properly articulated, examined and solved they will be effective and efficient decent urban housing supply and infrastructure development-a prerequisite for national socio-economic development. This research is therefore to identify and address challenges faced by these schemes as means of eradicating informal settlements considering urban housing shortage as a problem results in sprawling informal settlements. 1.3 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES The researcher aims to; To identify causes of the sprawling urban informal settlements in City of Mutare.
nationwide and contributions of these schemes using Mutare City Council in Zimbabwe as a case study (UN-Habitat 2006:23). 1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The increasing urbanisation not matching with housing delivery by urban local authorities has been a topical issue causing the increasing sprawling urban informal settlements. Mutare City Council like other urban local authorities in Zimbabwe is facing numerous tribulations because of these illegal settlements, involves environmental degradation and outbreak of diseases such as cholera and typhoid due to uncollected garbage, bursting sewer pipes-as a result of overcrowding and erection of backyards informal extensions in urban residential areas. Therefore, due to Mutare City Council’s inability to adequately meet the demand for urban housing it uses Conventional Housing Schemes as a strategy of relocating informal settlers, supplying affordable houses to all homeless inhabitants in City of Mutare. However, nothing has changed yet due to several challenges emerged in the provision of urban affordable using these housing schemes that includes politics, economic decline, social and technology problems. From the researcher point of view if these challenges faced by (C.H.S) are properly articulated, examined and solved they will be effective and efficient decent urban housing supply and infrastructure development-a prerequisite for national socio-economic development. This research is therefore to identify and address challenges faced by these schemes as means of eradicating informal settlements considering urban housing shortage as a problem results in sprawling informal settlements. 1.3 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES The researcher aims to; To identify causes of the sprawling urban informal settlements in City of Mutare.