Identification of Effective Integrated Indicators for Sustainable Affordable Housing Provision

Affordable housing is increasingly developed, financed and managed by a mix of state, third-sector, market and community actors. This has led to the emergence of various hybrid governance and finance arrangements. This development can be seen as part of a general long-term neoliberal trend in government policies, and social, cultural and economic developments. It is therefore likely that the hybridity and variety of governance and finance of affordable housing will continue to grow. This article discusses innovative hybrid arrangements from Austria, England and Italy, in which governments, private and non-profit actors collaborate to increase the supply of affordable housing. These cases illustrate how the provision of affordable housing in a neoliberal context can benefit from the involvement of market actors and communities. Nevertheless, they also show that governments continue to play a crucial role in initiating and facilitating these arrangements.

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Social Housing and Planning Gain: Is This an Appropriate Way of Providing Affordable Housing?

Environment and Planning A Economy and Space ◽

10.1068/a34135 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 34 (7) ◽

pp. 1259-1279 ◽

Cited By ~ 41

Author(s):

Anthony (Tony) D H Crook ◽

Christine M E Whitehead

Keyword(s):

Affordable Housing ◽

Social Housing ◽

Planning System ◽

Housing Provision ◽

Planning Policy ◽

Guidance Note ◽

Planning Gain ◽

Policy Guidance ◽

The Impact ◽

Current Mechanism

The current mechanism for providing affordable housing through the planning system in England is based on negotiation within the framework of Planning Policy Guidance Note 3 and Circular 6/98. In this paper the authors examine three groups of questions. First, on the development of the policy, they look at how the need for affordable housing is assessed, how the policy evolved, and how it is currently operated. Second, on the principles and potential outputs of the policy they look at how the approach fits into the principles of betterment taxation, what the results are likely to be ‘on the ground’ in terms of price and output of housing, and whether these are consistent with taxation principles. Third, they examine what the evidence is so far on the impact of planning obligations on affordable housing provision. Finally, the authors develop a typology of likely outcomes, particularly regarding who pays for affordable housing.

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Landowners and the structure of affordable housing provision in rural Scotland

Journal of Rural Studies ◽

10.1016/j.jrurstud.2005.05.001 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 349-358 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Madhu Satsangi

Keyword(s):

Affordable Housing ◽

Housing Provision

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Innovative Affordable Housing Strategies for Vancouver

10.32920/ryerson.14662878.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Gavin Duffus

Keyword(s):

British Columbia ◽

Case Studies ◽

Affordable Housing ◽

Housing Prices ◽

Housing Provision ◽

Market Conditions ◽

Innovative Strategies ◽

Creative Solutions ◽

The Face ◽

Beautiful City

Vancouver, British Columbia is a very attractive place to live for many reasons, but the high cost of housing in this beautiful city has become a threat to the future prosperity of the region. As housing prices continue to rise and become less attainable to low and medium income earners, innovative strategies to provide new supply of affordable housing will need to be implemented. The paper outlines a variety of housing solutions that have already had success in the Vancouver area and elsewhere. Case studies are brought together in this document to highlight the potential that combining and replicating successful housing models can have for Vancouver. Through creative solutions and strong partnerships, Vancouver can become a world leader in innovative housing provision in the face of extreme market conditions and land constraints.

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Low-income housing provision: between governmental interventions and informal settlements

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning ◽

10.36041/iqjap.v19i2.522 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 39-50

Author(s):

Hussaen Ali Hasan Kahachi ◽

Alison Brown

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Affordable Housing ◽

Low Income ◽

Urban Poor ◽

City Planning ◽

Low Cost ◽

Informal Settlements ◽

Well Being ◽

Housing Provision ◽

Low Cost Housing

Low-cost housing, so-called affordable housing, is an important subject as it affects many aspects of people's well-being and city planning. The urban poor, who form a respectable percentage of cities' residents in many developing countries, are the most affected segment by the availability and affordability of housing. Governments often try their best to provide affordable housing through housing interventions and programs. However, many low-income people end up in informal settlements including slums and squatter settlements. This research analyzes state-led low-cost housing initiatives compared to informal affordable housing in developing countries. The importance of this research is mainly associated with understanding how governmental housing initiatives and laws affect the housing preferences of the urban poor. The research starts by providing a brief background about the subject and its importance from the literature. The research uses mixed methods approach and a case study of Greater Cairo Region following the massive migration during the period between the 1980s and the 2000s to provide an in-depth understanding of the situation. The research then analyzes/discusses some housing initiatives, and uses both quantitative/qualitative data in order to explain potential malpractice and issues. Finally, the research will highlight the key findings and provide some recommendations for change/improvement.

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COMBATING SQUATTERS IN MALAYSIA: DO WE HAVE ADEQUATE POLICIES AS INSTRUMENT?

PLANNING MALAYSIA JOURNAL ◽

10.21837/pmjournal.v16.i6.263 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (6) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yusfida Ayu Abdullah ◽

Julieven Nonoi Kuek ◽

Hazlina Hamdan ◽

Farrah Lyana Mohd Zulkifli

Keyword(s):

Affordable Housing ◽

Low Income ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Low Cost ◽

National Plan ◽

Housing Provision ◽

The Public ◽

Low Income Groups ◽

Low Cost Housing ◽

The Government

The year 2014 had witnessed the scenario where most of the states in Malaysia pledged to declare themselves as Zero Squatter state. Thus far, most of the states in Malaysia are still striving to achieve the goal. The government has therefore aspires to reach the target by the year 2020. The Malaysian government under its 5-years National Plan has since introduced the low, medium and high cost housing categories. The housing policy was therefore designed to provide the public of all income levels, particularly the low-income groups, with affordable housing as part of an effort to eradicate squatters. However, despite the various policies, the number of squatter families remains large, especially in the urban areas. This paper therefore, intends to examine the instruments put forward by the government to eliminate squatters and assess the roles of related parties assigned to achieve the government’s mission. Through a qualitative approach, results demonstrated that Malaysia has various types of polices and guidance at both the federal and state levels in relation to low-cost housing provision. These would have supposed to help reduce the number of squatters in the country. However, to date, Malaysia is still experiencing problems with squatters. This calls for further investigation.

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The lost decade of social and affordable housing: austerity and marketisation

Housing Shock ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447353898.003.0009 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 167-190

Author(s):

Rory Hearne

Keyword(s):

Affordable Housing ◽

Social Housing ◽

Housing System ◽

Rental Sector ◽

Housing Provision ◽

Housing Assistance ◽

Main Form ◽

Private Market ◽

Lost Decade ◽

Housing Benefit

This chapter outlines the ‘lost decade’ of social housing provision in Ireland: the austerity and marketisation policies that resulted in the collapse of social housing building from 2009 to 2019. It shows how austerity measures involved an intensification of the ongoing neoliberal shift from the direct building of social housing by local authorities to the marketisation of social housing provision through the private sector. The forms of marketisation are detailed including the increased use of the private rental sector for social housing (via subsidies and leasing), but also the purchasing of units from the private market. It details how from 2010 onwards, the provision of social housing via subsidies to the private rental sector almost entirely replaced direct building of social housing. This includes the Governments housing plan, Rebuilding Ireland which embedded marketisation and austerity, by using the housing benefit - the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) as the main form of housing provision. It details how HAP and other private market forms of social housing provision worsens the housing supply crisis, is poor value for money, results in tenant insecurity and discrimination, and facilitates the financialisation of housing. And how this is one of the main reasons the Irish housing system suffered such a major shock with the emergence of a new homelessness crisis in 2013.

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‘Joburg has its own momentum’: Towards a vernacular theorisation of urban change

Urban Studies ◽

10.1177/0042098016634609 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 54 (5) ◽

pp. 1280-1296 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Aidan Mosselson

Keyword(s):

Private Sector ◽

Inner City ◽

Urban Renewal ◽

Affordable Housing ◽

Low Income ◽

Urban Change ◽

Housing Provision ◽

Theoretical Frameworks ◽

Neoliberal Urbanism ◽

Local Contexts

This article demonstrates and advocates the importance of theoretical frameworks which allow for nuance and complexity. Moving away from fixed ways of reading and analysing processes of urban renewal (such as gentrification, revanchism, neoliberal urbanism), it seeks to show how a diversity of imperatives and agendas are present and shape moments of urban change and the practices of actors involved in these. Drawing on research conducted in inner-city Johannesburg which focussed on private-sector-led regeneration, housing provision and security, it demonstrates that the process underway is characterised by a multiplicity of goals and practices. Regeneration is formulated within a neoliberal paradigm, yet through creative strategies and interventions is also achieving developmental goals and expanding the provision of affordable, centrally-located housing. The article details the strategies adopted by organisations specialising in financing social and affordable housing and demonstrates the ways in which these emphasise and are helping to achieve the expansion of housing provision to low-income households. It further discusses the habitus of housing providers in the inner-city and shows how these have been influenced by and respond to the developmental challenges and racial transformation which characterise the area. It thus demonstrates that local contexts, concerns and agendas influence the regeneration process and that putatively global processes such as gentrification, revanchism and neoliberal urbanism, whilst still relevant, need to be used in ways which allow for alternative, vernacular narratives and explanations to emerge too.

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