Towards becoming a property owner in the city: From being displaced to becoming a citizen in urban DR Congo

•Three distinct stages can be discerned in sustainable local settlement.•Legal tenure security is not a guarantee of de facto tenure security.•Owning a house in town improves tenure security (a bit) and social status (a lot).•Who owns a plot in the city, belongs to the city.•In absence of the rule o...

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