https://metropolitics.org/ Favoriser les débats et confronter les savoirs et les savoir-faire sur la ville, l'architecture et les territoires. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://metropolitics.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH20/siteon0-bf96f.png?1760617828 https://metropolitics.org/ 20 144 https://metropolitics.org/Digital-Technology-and-the-City-New-Forms-of-Urban-Segregation-in-Cape-Town.html https://metropolitics.org/Digital-Technology-and-the-City-New-Forms-of-Urban-Segregation-in-Cape-Town.html 2023-06-23T05:00:00Z text/html en Julien Migozzi & translated by Oliver Waine real estate apartheid digital city inequalities tech sector Cape Town financialization tech economy technology Africa South Africa <p>In the age of platform capitalism, how is digital technology reconfiguring real-estate markets and access to housing? In Cape Town, South Africa, credit scoring—a form of selection based on financial behavior—has become the norm in this regard, contributing to the reappearance of apartheid-era segregation. <br class='autobr' /> “We don't take tenants under 622”: the response from Ganief, a real-estate agent in Cape Town, is swift. In order to obtain a lease in International Housing Solutions' housing portfolio, a</p> - <a href="https://metropolitics.org/-From-the-Field-15-.html" rel="directory">From the Field</a> / <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-real-estate-+.html" rel="tag">real estate</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-apartheid-+.html" rel="tag">apartheid</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-digital-city-+.html" rel="tag">digital city</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-inequalities-+.html" rel="tag">inequalities</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-tech-sector-+.html" rel="tag">tech sector</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Cape-Town-+.html" rel="tag">Cape Town</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-financialization-+.html" rel="tag">financialization</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-tech-economy-+.html" rel="tag">tech economy</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-technology-+.html" rel="tag">technology</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Africa-+.html" rel="tag">Africa</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-South-Africa-+.html" rel="tag">South Africa</a>