Summary of General Discussion on “Addressing the Urban Housing Problem: Does Subsidizing Homeownership Best Meet the Housing Needs of Urban Squatter Households?”

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 150-151
Keyword(s):  
Urban Housing ◽  
Housing Problem ◽  
Housing Needs

Addressing the Urban Housing Problem: Does Subsidizing Homeownership Best Meet the Housing Needs of Urban Squatter Households?

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 124-144
Author(s):  
Toby C. Monsod
Keyword(s):  
Urban Housing ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Housing Choice ◽  
Housing Policies ◽  
Market Prices ◽  
Housing Problem ◽  
Housing Programs ◽  
Housing Costs ◽  
Housing Needs

Urban housing programs in the Philippines have narrowly focused on maximizing the output of new houses and sites for sale at below market prices, an approach that presumes that subsidizing homeownership is the best way to meet the housing needs of urban squatter households. By estimating housing choice in an urban setting and measuring the responses of squatter households to changes in housing costs and different housing policies, this paper demonstrates otherwise.

scholarly journals Tackling the urban housing problem in the Irish Free State, 1922–1940

Urban History ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
RUTH MCMANUS
Keyword(s):  
Housing Stock ◽  
Urban Housing ◽  
Free State ◽  
Housing Problem ◽  
Social Segregation ◽  
Quality Costs ◽  
Drive State ◽  
Contemporary Media ◽  
Irish Free State

ABSTRACT:At its inception, the Irish Free State faced an apparently intractable housing problem that required immediate action. This article examines the legislation enacted in the 1920s and 1930s, focusing on its impact on local authority housing in Ireland's provincial towns. Whereas the 1932 Housing Act has generally been heralded as the start of a concerted attack on the slums, this assertion is re-evaluated in the context of the debates of the 1920s. Following an overview of the national situation, a case-study of Ballina, Co. Mayo, explores the impacts of the housing drive. State-aided housing schemes made a significant contribution to the housing stock between 1923 and 1940. Although characterized by contemporary media as a triumph, however, the housing drive raised many issues including build quality, costs, opposition and social segregation. The article considers some of these challenges and raises a number of questions for future consideration.

scholarly journals The Malay Women and Terrace Housing in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Farah Md Zohri
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Spatial Organization ◽  
Urban Housing ◽  
Design Solution ◽  
Dominant Form ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Urban Migrants ◽  
Housing Needs ◽  
Religious Aspects ◽  
Aboriginal Groups

<p>Being of one of the major aboriginal groups in Malaysia, the Muslim Malay women differ socio culturally from women of other religious and cultural background. Malay women have particular spatial requirements especially within the domestic environment. However, these requirements are rarely considered when it comes to the design of modern urban living environments. Terrace housing is the dominant form of urban housing in Malaysia. Since the 1970s, it has catered to the mass housing needs of ‘rural-to-urban’ migrants. Associated with the lack of considerations for traditional, cultural and religious aspects, the design of terrace housing fails in terms of intimacy, privacy and safety for Malay women as well as environmental performance and adaptability. The traditional rural Malay houses evolved in response to the unique cultural needs of the Malay women and her family and offers solutions for contemporary urban housing for Malay families. As contextually appropriate housing solution, their spatial organization and construction system can inform how best to design for the occupants and the environment. The research studies the Malay women, traditional housing environments and the shortcomings of terrace housing. The thesis aim is to identify an architectural solution to the current issues in Malaysian terrace housing. The study proposes a flexible prefabricated construction method, modular screen-wall panelling and a timber flooring system as a design solution to the socio cultural and religious needs of the Malay women and her family.</p>

THE URBAN HOUSING PROBLEM IN AN APARTHEID ECONOMY

1978 ◽  
Vol 77 (309) ◽  
pp. 499-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. G. BOADEN
Keyword(s):  
Urban Housing ◽  
Housing Problem

scholarly journals Meeting Urban Housing Needs: Do People Really Come to the Nuisance?

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brooks Depro ◽  
Christopher Timmins ◽  
Maggie O'Neil
Keyword(s):  
Urban Housing ◽  
Housing Needs

The Urban Housing Problem in China

1988 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 387-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yok-Shiu F. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Urban Housing ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Urban Sector ◽  
Housing Problem ◽  
Housing Inequality ◽  
Socialist Economic ◽  
Intractable Problems

The state of housing has a direct impact on a country's level of public health and an indirect effect on labour productivity through the general morale of the workers. Practically all the developing countries face serious housing problems, particularly in the urban areas. China, a developing country that upholds socialist economic principles, is no exception in this regard. One of the purposes of this article is to demonstrate that China shares with many developing countries the same intractable problems – namely, a shortage of housing supply and housing inequality in the urban sector. But having said that China's urban housing problem is brought about by policy directives and institutional arrangements that differ entirely from those in capitalist economies.

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