Editing Kinshasa (section)

== Infrastructure and housing ==
[[File:2013 Boulevard du 30 Juin Kinshasa 8756682965.jpg|thumb|Road of Kinshasa City]]

The city's infrastructure for [[Tap water|running water]] and electricity is generally in bad shape.<ref>Nzuzi (2008), p. 14.</ref> The [[electric power distribution|electrical network]] is in disrepair to the extent that prolonged and periodic [[power outage|blackouts]] are normal, and exposed [[electrical wiring|lines]] sometimes electrify pools of rainwater.<ref name=Trapido2016 /><ref name=Flouriot2013 />

[[Regideso]], the national public company with primary responsibility for water supply in the Congo, serves Kinshasa only incompletely, and without uniform quality. Other areas are served by decentralized ''Associations des Usagers des Réseau d'Eau Potable'' (ASUREPs).<ref name="Bédécarrats2016" /> Gombe uses water at a high rate (306 liters per day per inhabitant) compared to other communes (from 71 L/d/i in Kintambo down to 2 L/d/i in Kimbanseke).<ref name="Flouriot2013" />

The city is estimated to produce 6,300 m<sup>3</sup> of trash and 1,300 m<sup>3</sup> of industrial waste per day, with little to no capacity for disposal.<ref name="Flouriot2013" />

The housing market has seen rising prices and [[Renting|rent]]s since the 1980s. Houses and apartments in the central area are expensive, with houses selling for a million dollars and apartments going for $5000 per month. High prices have spread outward from the central area as owners and renters move out of the most expensive part of the city. [[Gated communities]] and shopping malls, built with foreign capital and technical expertise, began to appear in 2006. [[Urban renewal]] projects have led in some cases to violent conflict and displacement.<ref name=Trapido2016 /><ref>Aurélie Fontaine, "Housing: Kinshasa is for the rich”; ''Africa Report'' 5 May 2015.</ref> The high prices leave incoming refugees with few options for settlement besides illegal [[shantytown]]s such as Pakadjuma.<ref name=Iazzolino2016 />

In 2005, 55% of households had televisions and 43% had mobile phones. 11% had refrigerators and 5% had cars.<ref name=Flouriot2013 />