Social Housing Transformation Practices in Constantine: Lessons from Ali Mendjeli

2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-74
Author(s):  
Tahar Bellal ◽  
Ouafa Saighi
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Economic Data ◽  
Housing Shortage ◽  
Urban Households ◽  
Transformation Procedure ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Low Income Families

This study is addressing the widespread transformation activities made to government-built housing intended for low income urban households. These unauthorised self-help transformation activities indicate not only people's willingness to become actively involved in the housing process but also demonstrate the potential for low income families to invest to improve their living conditions. In this paper we examine the changes made to the internal layouts of multi-story walk-up flats in the recently implemented satellite town of "Ali Mendjeli" in Constantine which is one of the newly adopted solutions to ease Constantine saturated city centre, and also to respond to an acute housing shortage. These transformation activities have an effect on dwelling size, cultural norms, and internal maintenance. A survey has been conducted in selected projects and socio-economic data has been collected from a sample of dwellings. The findings of the study point to the factors, which encourage these transformations, help to understand the motives and means used by the residents in the transformation procedure, find out the characteristics of these transformations, and assess means, which can be used to plan for future transformations in proposed housing schemes. Thus, this paper tends to understand the alterations carried out by the users, and to propose recommendations in order to attenuate this phenomenon.

Brazil: Celso Garcia, 787 Building Restoration for Social Housing Purposes

2005 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-16
Author(s):  
Marcelo Kehdi Gomes Rodrigues ◽  
Adelcke Rossetto Netto
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Bank Branch ◽  
Interdisciplinary Work ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Work Cooperative ◽  
The Many ◽  
The City

Celso Garcia, 787, one of the many derelict buildings in the centre of São Paulo, was converted into housing for 84 low-income families. Members of the ULC popular housing movement occupied the vacant former bank branch and, with technical support from the Integra Interdisciplinary Work Cooperative, converted the building into affordable apartments. The project works toward the reversal of the process of exodus from the city centre, proposing housing alternatives in central areas that have lost part of their population in the last several years yet remain rich in urban infrastructure.

scholarly journals Financiamento habitacional popular: Como os recursos do FTGS estão sendo utilizados

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
Matheus Fernando Moro ◽  
Letícia Da Costa Alves ◽  
Anderson Luís Walker Amorin ◽  
Sandrine De Almeida Flores ◽  
Andreas Dittmar Weise
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Housing Finance ◽  
Economic Crises ◽  
Housing Shortage ◽  
Housing Programs ◽  
The World ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Real Estates

In order to meet the housing shortage, was created popular housing programs for low-income families. In Brazil, these programs differs from the rest of the world, since here the programs are directed to the acquisition of real estate, unlike the rest of the world where the focus is lower rents for low-income families. In the context, this type of program has also been used as a tool against economic crises. Based on these aspects, this article aims to identify how the FGTS funds are being used regarding the housing finance. To perform this analysis was studied the targeting of FGTS funds for social housing in Brazil, thus demonstrating, a convincing growth in this modality and also an exchange preferably after the year 2009, of used real estates to new ones.

scholarly journals The Formation of Bridging and Bonding Social Capital to Empower Mothers from Low-income Families

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Anif Fatma Chawa
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Collective Actions ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Development Organization ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Development Practice

This article presents empirical findings of research seeking to explore the formation of social capital in community development practice, that exhibits a model or mechanism by which social capital can be formed and maintained. This study also depicts how the empowerment objective can be achieved through this form of social capital. The result of this study found that the grouping mechanism established by local community development organization, namely Posdaya, has led to the formation and strengthening of social capital. The members of Posdaya have been grouped based the similarities of their interests, such as hobbies, talents, and professions. This study highlights the fact that this social capital has given rise to collective participation of the Posdaya members by sharing their knowledge, skills, and information; and finding solutions to their development problems with minimum outside intervention. These mutual and collective actions can be considered part of the self-help principle which has succeeded in empowering the members of Posdaya.

Lean construction for affordable housing: a case study in Latin America

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 570-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eder Martinez ◽  
Carolina K. Reid ◽  
Iris D. Tommelein
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Consumer Choice ◽  
Lean Construction ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Low Income Families

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore opportunities and barriers to using lean construction to address issues related to the value, quality and scalability of affordable housing production in Latin America. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents a case study of a housing developer in Ecuador that used lean construction in the design and construction stages of an affordable housing project. The study describes how the developer addressed operational challenges derived from implementing a customization strategy and analyzes qualitative and quantitative data to assess the outcomes of lean initiatives. Findings The developer reduced cost and delivery time without sacrificing consumer choice. However, the economic and policy conditions worked against the benefits of lean construction, demonstrating the importance of the regulatory context in facilitating or inhibiting lean initiatives and construction innovation. Research limitations/implications This paper focuses on conventional means for new housing construction. Self-help and upgrading are not covered. Practical implications The operational challenges described in this study, as well as the innovative ways to deal with them, are beneficial for practitioners seeking to improve the quality and efficiency of affordable housing construction. Social implications This paper advances knowledge about how to increase value and quality delivery in the built environment which may benefit low-income families. Originality/value This study bridges construction innovation and housing policy, discussing the potential of lean construction within the policy and regulatory environment in which affordable housing takes place.

Bioclimatic and Energy Efficiency Considerations for Social Housing: A Case Study in Hot Dry Climate

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose M. Ochoa ◽  
Irene Marincic ◽  
Maria G. Alpuche ◽  
Sofia Canseco ◽  
Ana C. Borbon
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Thermal Conditions ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Northwest Mexico ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Design And Construction

The development of social housing In Mexico during the last decade has been supported by the different levels of government (federal, state, and municipal) in order to assist low-income families. The accelerated construction that takes place in order to address the housing deficit causes a reduction in the quality of design and construction, which is also affected by rising building costs. Environmental comfort conditions inside the dwellings are reduced drastically when houses are constructed without considering climate conditions, especially in hot arid regions. This situation generates uncomfortable thermal conditions for users and high-energy costs due to the unavoidable need of air conditioning. User profiles, architectural program, comfort preferences and guidelines for design and construction of future dwellings in the city of Hermosillo, in northwest Mexico, were determined by surveying beneficiaries of government affordable housing programs. One survey measured the degree of satisfaction of inhabitants in a sample of over 370 households; a second survey sampled 200 households and was aimed at determining aspects of comfort. This paper describes the results of thermal simulations carried out on two housing models. The first model represents the type usually constructed by commercial developers, and the second is a proposal developed by the research team according to guidelines based on the results of the research project described before. This study is a preliminary step in the construction of a physical model for experimental research and demonstration.

scholarly journals Contemporary Methods of Construction for Social Deficit in Housing in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2S2) ◽  
pp. 126-129
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Modern Method ◽  
Housing System ◽  
Housing Shortage ◽  
Social Deficit ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government

In India the housing shortage is much severe with an estimated shortage of around 18 million houses, with 99% of this is in the economically weaker sections of society. Social housing is the housing system provided for people with low income by government agencies or non-profit organizations. This research paper is about the study of the methods of construction that is adopted in social housing system which will help in improving the social deficit in the housing sector. The study is done with the help of live case studies on housing projects in and around Hyderabad which comes under the flagship programme JNNURM for economically weaker section. The study concluded that the contemporary methods of construction is considered to be advantageous as the government does not provide enough funds for the housing projects and also the contractors are not willing to take any risk and pay for any other modern method of construction.

scholarly journals Multi-objective optimization of the geometry of single-family housing to improve thermal performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-65
Author(s):  
Angélica Saccol Berleze ◽  
Alice de Barros Horizonte Brasileiro ◽  
Marcos Martinez Silvoso
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Housing Design ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
The Social ◽  
Family Housing ◽  
Low Income Families

Abstract Brazil's current housing deficit exceeds 6 million homes and a demand of 10 million homes for low-income families is expected by 2040. On the other hand, during the last 10 years, approximately 850,000 social housing units have been delivered through the "My House, My Life" Program - (Programa Minha Casa, Minha Vida - PMCMV). Despite these numbers, several studies suggest some problems related to the low quality of the houses. This article aims to investigate the design parameter related to the geometry of social housing in Chapecó/SC, Brazil, which contributes to the achievement of the best thermal performance. Parametric methods and multi-objective optimizations were utilized, two objective-functions were optimized regarding the degree-hours for cooling and heating. The results showed significant improvements, reaching up to 98% during the hot period and 49% during the cold period. Guidelines were defined to assist architects in the early-phases of the social housing design based on the climate of the target region. However, the best design solutions for thermal comfort throughout the year can only be indicated with computational methods.

scholarly journals A Case Study on a Stochastic-Based Optimisation Approach towards the Integration of Photovoltaic Panels in Multi-Residential Social Housing

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (22) ◽  
pp. 7615
Author(s):  
Rui Oliveira ◽  
Ricardo M.S.F. Almeida ◽  
António Figueiredo ◽  
Romeu Vicente
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Life Cycle Cost ◽  
Heating System ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Occupancy Rate ◽  
Optimal Sizing ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
The Impact

The socioeconomic reality and the energy retrofit potential of the social housing neighbourhoods in Portugal are stimulating challenges to be addressed by research to pursue suitable energy efficient strategies to be integrated into these buildings. Therefore, this study explored a stochastic-based optimisation approach towards the integration of photovoltaic (PV) panels, considering different scenarios that combine the occupancy rate, the internal gains, the envelope refurbishment and the heating system efficiency. The optimisation approach has as its objective the minimisation of the life cycle cost of the photovoltaic system while using a limited space area on the rooftop for its installation. This study allowed concluding that the use of passive measures such as improving the thermal performance of the building envelope is essential to attain a lower optimal-sizing of a photovoltaic installation. The results reveal a decreasing trend in the PV optimal sizing, attaining a reduction up to 30% of the total number of PV panels installed on the sloped rooftop in several scenarios with 50% of occupancy rate. However, the impact can be greater when passive measures are coupled to more efficient heating systems, with higher COP, which result in a decrease up to 64% of the number of PV panels. Thus, the approach proposed is of paramount importance to aid in the decision-making process of design and sizing of photovoltaic installation, highlighting the practical application potential for social housing and a contribution for mitigation of the energy poverty of low-income families that live in these buildings.

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