About Mr. Affordable Living

Mr. Affordable Living (Mr. AL) is an African platform advancing affordable living as a catalyst for economic justice, job creation, and thriving local economies. The platform convenes policymakers, financiers, developers, and communities to move projects from land to delivery — and from delivery to livelihoods.

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The Story Behind Mr. Affordable Living

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Founder & Steward

Mr. Affordable Living is founded and stewarded by Tando Tabang Canham, a development practitioner, Co-Founder of New Living Solutions for Africa (NELSA) and Managing Director of Affordable Living Solutions Africa (ALSA). Through Mr. AL — a privately owned platform — he convenes stakeholders across government, finance, and delivery to unlock scalable, bankable, and community-centered housing outcomes.

Why This Platform Exists

Across Africa, affordable housing is often discussed as policy — but rarely executed as a system. Mr. Affordable Living was founded to close the gap between intent and delivery by focusing on execution, alignment, and accountability.

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Our Values & Principles

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Delivery Discipline

We believe outcomes matter more than intent. Execution, accountability, and follow-through define our work.

Transparency

We operate openly, ethically, and with clarity across all partnerships and engagements.

Long-Term Stewardship

We are committed to solutions that endure — financially, socially, and institutionally.

Shared Prosperity

Communities must not only live in developments — they must participate in and benefit from them.

Collaboration

Affordable living is a collective endeavour. We convene rather than compete.

Innovation

We embrace new structures, technologies, and financing models that responsibly expand access and participation.

The Delivery Journey

From policy intent to homes, livelihoods, and long-term stewardship.

Housing delivery is not a single event — it is a journey. Projects succeed when every phase is treated with discipline, accountability, and respect for the system as a whole. Season One follows this delivery journey in sequence, exposing failure points and presenting models that work.

Phase 1

Policy → Land → Readiness

Intent to pipeline

Policy alignment
Land identification
Municipal readiness
Feasibility and early packaging

Where projects are born — or quietly fail before they begin.

Phase 2

Capital → Procurement → Delivery

Execution discipline

Capital structuring
Procurement strategy
Professional coordination
Construction delivery
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Where money meets systems — and leakage often begins.

Phase 3

Communities → Ownership → Livelihoods

Participation, not consultation

Community buy-in
Co-investment pathways
Local enterprise activation
Skills and employment

‍Where housing becomes an economic platform, not a handout.

Phase 4

Stewardship → Governance → Scale

Sustainability
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‍Asset management
Governance structures
Accountability frameworks
Replication readiness

‍Where projects endure beyond handover.

Phase 5

Systems → Institutions → Generational Prosperity

The bigger picture

‍Institutional memory
Delivery ecosystems
Capital confidence
Intergenerational asset building

‍Where individual projects evolve into a continental delivery system.

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Voices from the Delivery System

The work of advancing affordable living requires collaboration across sectors. These voices reflect perspectives from the wider ecosystem engaged in shaping delivery, finance, and long-term stewardship.

Municipal & Planning Voices

“Affordable housing delivery succeeds only when planning, infrastructure, and execution are aligned early. The cost of misalignment is measured in years, not months.”

Municipal planners & housing officials

Capital & Development Voices

“Capital does not fail projects — fragmented systems do. When developers, professionals, and financiers work within a shared delivery framework, scale becomes possible.”

Developers, DFIs, fund managers & delivery partners
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South Africa’s Housing Opportunity at Scale
A once-in-a-generation delivery, employment, and shared-prosperity opportunity.

Affordable housing is not merely a social obligation — it is one of the largest untapped economic and development opportunities in South Africa and across the African continent. When delivered correctly, housing becomes a platform for livelihoods, asset ownership, and long-term prosperity.

100K+Homes
Targeted delivery over the next 10 years in South Africa
R85B+Pipeline
Estimated delivery value
300K+Livelihoods
Direct and indirect employment opportunities
SA3.7M+Homes
Registered housing backlog

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