The culture of maintenance of public housing units in a less urbanised town in Ghana

GeoJournal ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 1089-1106
Author(s):  
Gregory Amoah ◽  
Owusu Amponsah ◽  
Charles Peprah
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Housing Units

scholarly journals International Real Estate Review

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-444
Author(s):  
Kazuya Tani ◽  
◽  
Yoshiyuki Kikuchi ◽  
Hideo Takaoka ◽  
Shubin Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Annual Household Income ◽  
Acquisition Process ◽  
Commercial Housing ◽  
Household Incomes ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Housing Units

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the housing acquisition process by providing profiles of residents in Shanghai. A questionnaire was prepared for residents in both public housing and commodity housing to analyze the relationship between the purchase prices of housing units and the annual household incomes of the buyers. The ability to purchase private condominium units depends on whether the purchasers already possess any real properties. In Shanghai, the number of condominiums supplied by private developers has been rapidly increasing in recent years and represented about 40% of the number of households in 2009. However, as these prices are about 9 to 14 times the average annual household income, we believe that a path from renting public housing to owning commercial housing, which was a relocation process commonly witnessed in the 1980s in Japan, is considerably difficult to be followed by regular residents in Shanghai.

scholarly journals Tobacco treatment clinics in urban public housing: feasibility and outcomes of a hands-on tobacco dependence service in the community

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Panagis Galiatsatos ◽  
Alexandria Soybel ◽  
Mandeep Jassal ◽  
Sergio Axel Perez Cruz ◽  
Caroline Spartin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Smoking Status ◽  
Public Places ◽  
Pharmacological Agents ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Tobacco Treatment ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Treatment Clinic ◽  
Housing Units

Abstract Background As a further extension of smoke-free laws in indoor public places and workplaces, the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s declaration to propose a regulation that would make housing units smoke-free was inevitable. Of note is the challenge this regulation poses to current tenants of housing units who are active smokers. We aimed to assess the efficacy of a tobacco treatment clinic in public housing. The utilization of the clinic by tenants and tenants’ respective outcomes regarding smoking status were used to determine the intervention’s effectiveness. Methods Tobacco treatment clinics were held in two urban-based housing units for 1-year. The clinics provided on-site motivational interviewing and prescriptions for pharmacological agents if warranted. Outcomes collected include the tenants’ clinic attendance and 3- and 6-month self-reported smoking status. Results Twenty-nine tobacco treatment clinic sessions were implemented, recruiting 47 tenants to participate in smoking cessation. The mean age of the cohort was 53 ± 12.3 years old. Of the 47 tenants who participated, 21 (44.7%) attended three or more clinic sessions. At the 3-month mark, five (10.6%) tenants were identified to have quit smoking; at 6-months, 13 (27.7%) tenants had quit smoking. All 13 of the tenants who quit smoking at the end of 6-months attended three or more sessions. Conclusion An on-site tobacco treatment clinic to provide strategies on smoking cessation was feasible. Efforts are warranted to ensure more frequent follow-ups for tenants aiming to quit smoking. While further resources should be allocated to help tenants comply with smoke-free housing units’ regulations, we believe an on-site tobacco treatment clinic is impactful.

Matching with Stochastic Arrival

2019 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 209-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Thakral
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Allocation Problem ◽  
Dynamic Allocation ◽  
Allocation Mechanism ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Housing Units

This paper examines efficiency and fairness properties in a dynamic allocation problem. The model applies to situations in which objects of different types arrive stochastically over time and must be assigned to agents in a queue, such as the allocation of public housing units. The main result demonstrates the impossibility of designing an allocation mechanism in an environment with stochastic arrival that can guarantee resulting assignments that are efficient or fair ex post.

SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC HOUSING TRANSFORMATION IN THE CONVERGENCE OF EMIC AND ETIC PARADIGMS

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abubakar Danladi Isah ◽  
Tareef Hayat Khan
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Housing Demand ◽  
Indigenous Culture ◽  
Housing Design ◽  
Emic And Etic ◽  
Rapid Transformation ◽  
Housing Units

Recent studies on the global ideology of public housing are significantly focused on the cultural values of inhabitants. Thus rapid transformation of originally design housing units that are based on modern standards by inhabitants is widespread. The emic and etic principles was used to evaluate existing situation where indigenous culture inclusive housing demand is on the rise. Retrospectively, established principles of emic and etic concept in directing public housing design was measured to test the synthesis- an interphase thought to provide sustainability amidst conflicting indigenous space demand and regulated homogenous designs. The study uncovered a chaotic but culture-specific genesis that comprise of formalized antecedents that can no longer be ignored, but lacks standardisation. Instead, the etic and emic interphase (convergences) remains a delusion proffering unintended solutions. Implacably, rigour in the concept of culture bonds sustainability process in public housing, hence its standardization is required to be undertaken in order to clarify and process the potentials of the alternative (the intersection) to the etic and emic approaches

scholarly journals Framework for Long-Term Public Housing Supply Plan Focusing on Small-Scale Offsite Construction in Seoul

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 5361
Author(s):  
Hosang Hyun ◽  
Young-Min Lee ◽  
Hyung-Geun Kim ◽  
Jin-Sung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Housing Demand ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Modular Construction ◽  
Research Framework ◽  
The Government ◽  
Housing Units

The public housing demand in Seoul has been continuously increasing, but the available land for housing is insufficient. To meet the demand, the Seoul government is planning to develop small-scale housing in urban areas through various methods. Construction activities for increasing housing capacity cause negative environmental impacts, and this inevitably leads to an increase in the number of civil complaints. The complaints can be mitigated by using offsite construction (OSC) for fabricating components. However, OSC remains underdeveloped in Korea owing to concerns over high project costs. To promote OSC, the government must develop a long-term plan to secure demand for OSC. For such a plan, the number and feasibility of applicable sites in Seoul must be estimated. This study suggests a two-stage research framework: (1) estimate the number of applicable sites in Seoul using GIS and (2) conduct feasibility analyses of these sites through architectural planning. The estimated number of sites was equal to the expected supply of small-scale housing units in Seoul for 8 years, and the selected case sites were identified to be feasible. Therefore, the use of OSC for developing small-scale housing units in Seoul is reasonable. This research differs from previous studies in that the previous use of qualitative studies to promote modular construction was replaced with a quantitative analysis that included the entire Seoul area. Using the research framework, the Seoul government can develop a specific long-term plan based on the quantitative research analysis. Furthermore, manufacturers can develop plans based on the government plan and deliver returns on the higher initial costs. The contractors can reduce the higher project cost and doing so is expected to mitigate the negative perception and to promote modular construction in Korea.

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