Study on the Public Rental Housing Design for the Elderly Generation in Hong Kong

2012 ◽  
Vol 174-177 ◽  
pp. 1871-1875
Author(s):  
Shu Bo Du ◽  
Sheng Nan Sun ◽  
Hui Yong Li
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Innovative Design ◽  
Ageing In Place ◽  
Housing Design ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Rental Housing

China is carrying out a large-scale public rental housing construction for the low-income citizens. In order to cope with China public housing development and the concept of 'ageing in place', the introduction of innovative design initiatives is hopeful considered in low-rent housing design. Hong Kong has more than 30 years experience in public rental housing design for the elderly. This paper focuses on the design for the elderly in Hong Kong in the past 30 years.

Critical evaluation of ‘ageing in place’ in redeveloped public rental housing estates in Hong Kong

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 2006-2039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayantha Wadu Mesthrige ◽  
Siu Leung Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Ageing In Place ◽  
Housing Design ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Macro Scale ◽  
Public Rental Housing ◽  
Housing Estates

AbstractThe tremendous growth in the ageing population over the past two decades has compelled the Hong Kong government to reformulate its housing policy by redeveloping and incorporating certain age-friendly housing design elements and facilities into the public housing schemes built in the post-war period. This research investigates whether these introduced design elements and facilities satisfy the numerous special needs of the seniors in line with the concept of ‘ageing in place’. Data were collected from 224 seniors through a comprehensive questionnaire survey in four large-scale redeveloped public rental housing estates. Using three designated built environment dimensions, namely micro, meso and macro, the results revealed that senior tenants were generally satisfied with the present living environments (in all the three scales) in the estates. At the micro-scale, seniors were satisfied with the level of privacy and sense of autonomy derived from the present design features in their homes. For the meso-scale, the study revealed that the seniors were particularly satisfied with the design elements such as convenient transportation and accessibility, including convenient walkways. At the macro-scale, the community care service is deemed important for seniors’ wellbeing. However, more attention is needed on safety measures in interior and shower areas, public seating in common areas and provision of sufficient community care services. This study provides insights for policy makers and development authorities on elderly housing provision.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING REPORTED HOUSING MAINTENANCE COSTS IN SWEDEN’S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RENTAL SECTORS

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 284-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Gonza MUYINGO
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Unit Area ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
Maintenance Costs ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Rental Housing ◽  
Private And Public

The reported maintenance costs per unit area within the public rental housing sector in Sweden are consistently higher than those within the private rental sector. This paper uses crosssectional panel data analysis as well as a questionnaire survey sent to 196 managers in the private and public housing sectors to identify the factors that might explain this divergence. The findings indicate that “fundamental” factors such as the age of the houses or the composition of the tenants cannot explain the observed difference. However how the activities are classified and the timing of the measures are factors that can. The conclusions from the study are that the public companies should act more as the private sector in their accounting; wait longer than they currently do before carrying out some renovations; and that they should be more stringent when determining the resources to spend on large-scale maintenance and/or renovation projects.

Management Mode of Super Large Scale Project - Case as Chongqing Public Rental Housing

2012 ◽  
Vol 594-597 ◽  
pp. 2998-3001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cai Gui Zheng ◽  
Dao Xian Yuan ◽  
Qing Yuan Yang ◽  
Xiao Cheng Zhang ◽  
Shi Chuan Li
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Security Requirements ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Construction Period ◽  
The Public ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
Public Rental Housing ◽  
Large Scale Project

Traditional project management models have been difficult to adapt to the requirements of the organization and management for very large projects. Chongqing which has the moderate economic strength is first progress and the most smoothly in large-scale construction of public rental housing in the country. Therefore, the model and experience of the management of large projects from public rental housing construction in Chongqing has important theoretical and practical significance. The paper demonstrates that the model of government-led making decision, specifically management department managing, the state-owned enterprises as the owners making land reserves and managing investments and financing (GMS mode) has a higher efficiency on the management of large construction projects, can effectively solve the problem of multi-participant, short construction period and high security requirements. If taking into account the public participation making the GMS mode into GMSP mode, the management of large projects can better incorporate the efficiency and fairness.

Reflections on Old Age Poverty in Public Rental Housing Estates

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Chim Richard Wong
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Market Value ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Rental Housing ◽  
Old Age Poverty ◽  
Nontraded Assets ◽  
Housing Estates ◽  
Housing Units

Privatizing the public rental housing estates would create a very large client pool of elderly homeowners willing to take advantage of mortgage-backed annuity schemes in the era of modern finance. This would create better opportunities for diversifying risks associated with the uncertainty of life expectancy. A bigger market could lead to better terms to the benefit of all participants. And, if the elderly poor in our public housing estates became homeowners, perhaps their children would pay them more attention. In principle, recurrent government funding is not required because it would be financed by land that currently has no market value because public rental housing units are nontraded assets. Selling public rental housing units to sitting tenants would restore the market value of a non- traded asset that could provide old age support for elderly people.

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