The significant delivery of housing by the State during the last decade, totalling 172,575 units until the end of 2015, has not only satisfied an important segment of the middle-class and better-paid civil servants but also created high expectations from lower-paid workers and the economically active urban poor who also seek to benefit from subsidised social housing. The un-met demand for housing at the bottom of the pyramid is emerging as an important driver of the housing economy.