scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF NEIGHBOURHOOD AFFORDABILITY BASED ON HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Soheil Sabri ◽  
Ahmad Nazri M. Ludin ◽  
Foziah Johar
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Transportation Cost ◽  
Transportation Costs ◽  
Housing Cost ◽  
Transit Oriented Development ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Medium Cost

One of the primary aims of transit-oriented development (TOD) is to reduce auto dependency, especially for low-income as well as senior residents. This study aims at providing some guiding principles for development of affordable housing with respect to TOD concept. As such, the study employed an index called Affordability Index (AI) and adapted for the study area to assess the neighbourhoods' affordability. It is composed of housing cost, household transportation cost, and household income. The analyses were conducted on three neighbourhoods in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The results reveal that the AI is lower for both owners and renters in the neighbourhood farther away from the LRT station, where there is less public transit facility, despite the existence of more affordable housing. On the contrary, the index is high in the neighbourhood where the distance to LRT station is shorter, connectivity index is higher, and there are more public transport facilities, despite the presence of high- and medium-cost housings. These findings can be used to plan for suitable public transport facilities in view of neighbourhood affordability.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF NEIGHBOURHOOD AFFORDABILITY BASED ON HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soheil Sabri ◽  
Ahmad Nazri M. Ludin ◽  
Foziah Johar
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Transportation Cost ◽  
Transportation Costs ◽  
Housing Cost ◽  
Transit Oriented Development ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Medium Cost

One of the primary aims of transit-oriented development (TOD) is to reduce auto dependency, especially for low-income as well as senior residents. This study aims at providing some guiding principles for development of affordable housing with respect to TOD concept. As such, the study employed an index called Affordability Index (AI) and adapted for the study area to assess the neighbourhoods' affordability. It is composed of housing cost, household transportation cost, and household income. The analyses were conducted on three neighbourhoods in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The results reveal that the AI is lower for both owners and renters in the neighbourhood farther away from the LRT station, where there is less public transit facility, despite the existence of more affordable housing. On the contrary, the index is high in the neighbourhood where the distance to LRT station is shorter, connectivity index is higher, and there are more public transport facilities, despite the presence of high- and medium-cost housings. These findings can be used to plan for suitable public transport facilities in view of neighbourhood affordability.

scholarly journals Measuring Young Professionals’ Housing Affordability in Greater Kuala Lumpur

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.30) ◽  
pp. 334
Author(s):  
Nor Suzylah Sohaimi ◽  
Alias Abdullah ◽  
Syafiee Shuid
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Transportation Cost ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Housing Affordability ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Housing Cost ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Young Professionals ◽  
Residual Income Approach

A plethora of approaches applied for measuring the housing affordability. Undoubtedly, the housing cost and household income are ubiquitous predictors to address the housing affordability. Besides, housing policies also receive an enormous attention in debating this issue. This study, therefore, presents the predictors of transportation cost along with other factors in addressing housing affordability for young professionals. Equally, important, individual life event is also highlighted as this matter is being given less attention. By adopting these dimensions, it is idyllic in associating the study gap. Young professionals are individuals aged between 25 and 35 years old and either working or living in Greater Kuala Lumpur with at least a bachelor’s degree qualification and registered through the professional firm. The purpose of the study is first, to measure young professionals’ affordability by underpinning the residual income approach and second, to explore the affordability through the housing trajectories concept. Thus, 290 survey data were analysed using the binary logistic regression. The study found that the predictors such as the presence of children, professional for engineer and quantity surveyor, employment status of permanent and other, household expenditure, household income, housing cost, transportation cost, housing location of Petaling Jaya and Putrajaya, are statistically significant to the housing affordability.  

Does Location Matter? Performance Analysis of the Affordable Housing Programs with Respect to Transportation Affordability in Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) Metropolis

2018 ◽  
Vol 2672 (3) ◽  
pp. 194-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shima Hamidi ◽  
Jinat Jahan ◽  
Somayeh Moazzeni
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Public Transit ◽  
Transportation Cost ◽  
Housing Affordability ◽  
Transportation Costs ◽  
Fort Worth ◽  
Housing Programs ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Almost All

Transportation costs are the second largest expenditure for a family, thus have a substantial influence on housing affordability. In an auto-oriented region like DFW, the situation is exacerbated for low-income families due to limited transportation options. This study seeks to evaluate the efficiency of major affordable housing programs for low-income people in terms of transportation affordability. This study uses a rigorous methodology that involves a solid transportation cost modeling with disaggregated data available at property level for housing assistance programs in DFW. Our findings show that about 69% of the assisted units in DFW are unaffordable in terms of transportation costs. The majority of them are spending about 17% to 20% of their income on transportation. The most affordable program is Low-Income Housing Tax Credit with 58% affordability rate and the least affordable program is the Continuum of Care with 9% affordability rate when accounting for transportation costs. We also found that almost all affordable units (regarding the transportation costs) are located in main economic hubs of the region such as Dallas and Fort Worth which have better access to jobs and public transit. In contrary, almost all housing properties in the areas between Dallas and Fort Worth are unaffordable. These are areas adjacent to the University of Texas at Arlington with a high number of transit dependent population and in Arlington, the biggest midsize city with no public transit. Our findings urge HUD to consider modifying these programs by incorporating the location-efficiency factors to ensure true affordability.

scholarly journals A National Study on Transportation Affordability of HUD Housing Assistance Programs

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Jinat Jahan ◽  
Shima Hamidi
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Transportation Cost ◽  
Subsidized Housing ◽  
Transportation Costs ◽  
National Study ◽  
Cost Models ◽  
Housing Assistance ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
Low Income Households

This national study is an effort to measure transportation costs and affordability for the major Housing and Urban Development (HUD) housing assistance programs since the transportation costs are the second largest expense of American households. This study estimates transportation costs for 76,000 address level properties from seven major HUD-designated affordable housing programs. Our transportation cost models are tailored for low-income households and account for built environmental determinants of travel, known as D variables, at the disaggregated level. We found that more than 44% of these properties in 326 U.S. metropolitan areas are unaffordable in terms of transportation costs. That could result in a waste of over $37.9 billion HUD spends annually to run these programs and subsidize housing for low-income families while some of these families spend substantial amount of their income on transportation. Our findings suggest that the provision of subsidized housing in mixed use, and transit-served neighborhoods would help low-income households to reduce their transportation costs even in auto-oriented sprawling regions. This study concludes with policy recommendations to local and federal governments and transit agencies on ways to incorporate transportation parameters to ensure true affordability for low-income residents of subsidized housing.

scholarly journals Green Affordable Housing: Cost-Benefit Analysis for Zoning Incentives

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 6269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armin Jeddi Yeganeh ◽  
Andrew Patton McCoy ◽  
Steve Hankey
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Housing Cost ◽  
Listing Service ◽  
Transaction Prices ◽  
Market Rate ◽  
Housing Units

In the year 2017, about 89% of the total energy consumed in the US was produced using non-renewable energy sources, and about 43% of tenant households were cost burdened. Local governments are in a unique position to facilitate green affordable housing, that could reduce cost burdens, environmental degradation, and environmental injustice. Nonetheless, limited studies have made progress on the costs and benefits of green affordable housing, to guide decision-making, particularly in small communities. This study investigates density bonus options for green affordable housing by analyzing construction costs, transaction prices, and spillover effects of green certifications and affordable housing units. The authors employ pooled cross-sectional construction cost and price data from 422 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) projects and 11,016 Multiple Listing Service (MLS) transactions in Virginia. Using hedonic regression analyses controlling for mediating factors, the study finds that the new construction of market-rate green certified houses is associated with small upfront costs, but large and statistically significant price premiums. In addition, the construction of market-rate green certified houses has large and statistically significant spillover effects on existing non-certified houses. Existing non-certified affordable housing units show small and often insignificant negative price impacts on the transaction prices of surrounding properties. The study concludes that the magnitude of social benefits associated with green building justifies the local provision of voluntary programs for green affordable housing, where housing is expensive relative to its basic cost of production.

scholarly journals Land Provision for Decent and Affordable Housing for Low-Income Community in Salatiga City

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-122
Author(s):  
S Sunarti ◽  
Nany Yuliastuti ◽  
I Indriastjario
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Housing ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Housing Cost ◽  
Potential Map ◽  
Standard Set ◽  
The Government ◽  
Village Government ◽  
Document Review

The needs land for urban housing construction was increasingly difficult andmore pricey, so for low-income communities for able owned a house was not easy.Limited of land in an urban area, especially in small cities such as Salatiga, its land wasnot all can be used in housing constructions. This condition needed an interventionfrom the local government to facilitate their needs for housing could be fulfilled. Basedon the problems, the goals of this research studied a providing of land for decent andaffordable housing for low-income communities in Salatiga. The method used was amixed method with a sequential explanation strategy, that is by overlaying secondarydata on the land potential map from various sources that can be used for decenthousing with primary data, such as interview and document review with localgovernment to reduce of housing cost. The results of the study figure out that housingused a land owned by the village government can be affordable for low-incomecommunities with price less expensive below the standard set by the government.

scholarly journals Contradictions of Transit-Oriented Development in Low-Income Neighborhoods: The Case Study of Rosengård in Malmö, Sweden

Urban Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laleh Derakhti ◽  
Guy Baeten
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Housing System ◽  
Transit Oriented Development ◽  
Significant Development ◽  
Shed Light

Transit-oriented development (TOD) has become a leading model of urban planning worldwide that promises to meet a broad range of local and regional objectives: improving mobility, expanding ridership, attracting investment, reducing urban poverty, improving quality of life, making affordable housing and fostering urban integration. At the same time, the implementation of TOD in many cities has raised concerns about gentrification, displacement, re-segregation, and more polarization. This article aims to shed light on these issues by bringing together previously disparate literature that mentions these contradictions and discusses policymakers’ hopes and critics’ concern for the implementation of a newly started TOD project in a universal housing system in Rosengård—a segregated, low-income neighborhood in Malmö, Sweden. Although policy advocates view the project as a significant development strategy for a more sustainable Malmö, there are also real concerns about gentrification and the potential displacement of low-income residents. Furthermore, the mixed-methods study showes how integration might be achieved, but concerns have arisen about the possible exclusion of the current low-income residents, which brings up issues of inequality, representation of poverty, and marginalization.

scholarly journals IMPEDIMENTS TO HOME OWNERSHIP: PERCEPTION OF LOWAND MIDDLE-INCOME TENANTS IN SELANGOR

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Kun Hing ◽  
Kuppusamy Singaravelloo
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Mortgage Loan ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Urban City ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Home ownership affordability has been a serious issue among the low and middle income households in Malaysia. Main contributors to this issue are low income, high cost of living and growth in income that does not commensurate the rise in property price. This research intends to identify the level of home ownership affordability among those who are unable to have a house and are tenants. In addition, it intends to examine the factors that affect their home ownership affordability. The study focuses on people residing at rented units in Kajang, an urban city in Selangor, where primary data was collected using questionnaire method. The target group was low and middle income households, whose head of household aged between 21 to 50 years and total household income capped below RM7,500. The success rate was 74 percent based on 250 households met. The research findings indicate that the level of home ownership affordability varies by ethnicity, household income and educational level. Meanwhile, four main factors that influence home ownership affordability are price of house, affordable mortgage loan, proximity to workplace and government policy on affordable housing. Majority of the respondents are still pessimistic of their ability to own a residential unit.

scholarly journals Housing Cost Dependence on Transport Accessibility Territory

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharov Maksim Igorevich
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Transportation Costs ◽  
Housing Cost ◽  
Time Cost ◽  
Transport Accessibility ◽  
Time Costs ◽  
Route Network ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

The study the housing cost dependence on the transport accessibility of the territory of the city will improve the efficiency of the route network and will lead to a reduction in overall transportation costs. The research algorithm consisted of the following stages: data on transport accessibility were systematized; calculation of time costs assessed transport accessibility by city zones; the dependence of the cost per square meter on the time cost of movement is obtained. When assessing the impact of transport accessibility on the housing cost it is important to pay attention to the remoteness from the central part of the city, the proximity of highways, the system of access roads; the proximity of public transport stops with a large number of routes connecting different zones.

scholarly journals Can Malaysia’s National Affordable Housing Policy Guarantee Housing Affordability of Low-Income Households?

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 8841
Author(s):  
Jian Liu ◽  
Huay Ying Ong
Keyword(s):  
Housing Policy ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Housing Affordability ◽  
Housing Policies ◽  
Compliance Cost ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Low Income Groups ◽  
Low Income Households

Housing affordability is a long-held issue in Malaysia, and housing policies have been implemented for low-income households over the years. However, there is a contradiction that housing affordability of low-income households has not been met, while the bulk of affordable housing is still vacant. In 2019, Malaysia enacted the National Affordable Housing Policy (DRMM) which was intended to improve housing affordability for low-income groups. This paper aims to answer why Malaysia’s long-term implementation of affordable housing policies cannot guarantee housing affordability, and whether the DRMM can effectively improve housing affordability as expected, by comparing the empirical factors of housing affordability. A literature review and a comparative analysis are adopted in the research. The paper concludes that low household income, high land price, construction cost and compliance cost, mismatch of supply and demand in terms of quantity, the instability of the national economy, low home financing ability, and incomprehensive housing planning have caused low housing affordability of low-income groups in Malaysia. The DRMM as anticipated can improve housing affordability by supplying affordable housing more precisely, lowering housing costs, and improving home financing ability. However, the exclusion of household income and economic factors may cause the ineffectiveness of the DRMM in improving housing affordability for low-income households.

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