Differential residential satisfaction and factors affecting

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-446
Author(s):  
Soojeong Han ◽  
Hee-Jung Jun
Keyword(s):  
Residential Satisfaction ◽  
Factors Affecting

scholarly journals A Residential Satisfaction Assessment of Public Rental Board Housing in the Greater Suva Urban Area, Fiji Islands

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eroni Batikawai ◽  
Asenaca Nawaqalevu
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Residential Satisfaction ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Satisfaction Level ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Housing Management ◽  
Housing Environment ◽  
Fiji Islands ◽  
Instrument Measuring

Residential satisfaction is an important measure of overall quality of life and determines how individuals respond to their housing environment. The study examines the level of tenants’ satisfaction with Public Rental Board (PRB) flats in the Greater Suva Urban Area (GSUA), Fiji. The objective of the study is to investigate the factors affecting the residential satisfaction of tenants of PRB rental flats using a survey instrument measuring tenants’ perceptive responses to the various facets of their housing environment. The study finds that PRB tenants have relatively higher satisfaction level for the building quality features and neighbourhood factors, whilst lower satisfaction level is recorded for the building physical design and housing management services. Physical building design features such as the size of bedrooms, dining areas, together with housing management features such as handling of tenant’s complaints, and treatment of tenants, have been rated by tenants to be below satisfactory levels. The factorial ANOVA on the survey data indicates that there are no statistically significant differences in residential satisfaction levels attributed to independent variables such as age, education level, and family type. However, residential satisfaction levels were statistically different among the six PRB estates examined in the study.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Residential Satisfaction in Slum Rehabilitation Housing in Mumbai

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bangkim Kshetrimayum ◽  
Ronita Bardhan ◽  
Tetsu Kubota
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Causal Model ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Blind Spot ◽  
Residential Satisfaction ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Housing Rehabilitation

Affordable housing for the low-income population, who mostly live in slums, is an endemic challenge for cities in developing countries. As a remedy for the slum-free city, most of the major metropolis are resorting to slum rehabilitation housing. Rehabilitation connotes the improved quality of life that provides contentment, yet what entails residential satisfaction in such low-income situations remains a blind spot in literature. The study aims to examine the factors affecting residential satisfaction of slum rehabilitation housing in Mumbai, India. Here, the moderation effects of sociodemographic characteristics between residential satisfaction and its predictors are elaborated using a causal model. Data on residents’ perception of the residential environment were collected from 981 households in three different slum rehabilitation housing areas spatially spread across Mumbai. The causal model indicated that residential satisfaction was significantly determined by internal conditions of dwelling resulting from design, community environment and access to facilities. Gender, age, mother tongue, presence of children, senior citizens in the family, and education moderate the relationship between residential satisfaction and its predictors. The need for design and planning with the user’s perspective is highlighted to improve the quality of life.

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