Randomized Estimation of the Net Present Value of a Residential Housing Development

Randomized estimation of the net present value of a housing development allows for the assessment of the efficiency of projects in random implementation conditions. The efficiency of a project is estimated on the basis of primary input data, usually used in project planning. For this purpose, random disturbances are identified that may randomly affect the course and results of the project. The probability and severity of disturbances are determined. The primary initial data is then randomized, and a randomized probabilistic index of the project’s net present value is calculated, the value of which indicates whether the project is profitable or whether implementation should be stopped. Based on this data, the expected total revenue, the expected total cost, the expected gross profit, and the net present value of the randomized performance of the project are calculated. The values of these are estimated for expected, favorable, and unfavorable conditions of implementation. Finally, the risks for the total revenue and total cost of the project are calculated and plotted for comparative revenue values in the range [1, 0] and cost in the range [0, 1]. Their analysis makes it possible to make the right investment decisions before starting the investment at the preparation stage.

Perceptions and key challenges towards sustainable condominium housing development in Gondar City, Ethiopia.

Condominium houses were one of the housing typologies that differed in administration, shared resources, and activity delivered in the houses. The study focused on the perception of condominiums and the challenges of their sustainability. The researcher followed qualitative and quantitative research approaches in which 357 samples were taken through probability sampling techniques from a total of 3346 condominium residents. Primary data gathered through questionnaires, interviews, and observations, as well as secondary data gathered through document review, were combined and analyzed using SPSS version 20 and presented in a table and wordily with explanations. The finding shows that the residents have a positive perception of condominiums in social and cultural diversification, resource sharing, the accumulation of dry waste, accommodating social services and facilities, and reducing travel costs. On the other hand, they perceived that the quality of house, administration and management system of the resources, local community involvement and infrastructural integration were poor; areas of floor and corridor were not uniform and narrow; the cost and renting were high. The challenges to sustaining the condominium housing development were affordability, quality of the house, building and neighborhoods, cost variation, low loan return and administration system.

Peran Pemerintah Daerah Untuk Memberikan Izin Membangun Perumahan Diatas Tanah Pertanian Yang Subur

Abstrak. Pembangun perumahan diatas tanah pertanian yang sudah ditentukan oleh pengusaha perumahan harus mendapatkan izin. Izin dari pemerintah daerah sangat berperan dalam membangun perumahan bagi pengusaha perumahan yang harus mengajukan permohonan.Setelah pengusaha perumahan mendapatkan izin, maka pengusaha segera membebaskan hak yang terdapat diatas tanah dengan cara negoisasi atau musyawarah. Dalam hal ini pemerintah membentuk tim yang terdiri dari Dinas Pertanian, Dinas Perindustrian dan juga Kantor Pertanahan. Tim yang dibentuk pemerintah ini mempunyai tugas untuk menyelidiki keberadaan dan status tanah yang selanjutnya hasil dari tim tersebut untuk masukan bagi Bupati selaku Kepala Daerah untuk memberikan izin pembangunan bagi pengembang perumahan. Perubahan penggunaan tanah pertanian ke non pertanian memang diperbolehkan, akan tetapi diusahakan bukan pada tanah pertanian subur dan irigasi teknis sebagaimana yang diatur dalam Permendagri No. 5 Tahun 1974 pasal 7 ayat 3 huruf a . Diatur pula dalam Undang Undang Nomor 41 tahun 2009 tentang perlindungan lahan pertanian pangan berkelanjutan,dan pembangunan perumahan sesuai dengan ketentuan Rencana tata ruang wilayah dan tata guna tanah, Junto Perpres nomor 59 tahun 2019, tentang pengendalian alih fungsi sawah, harus disesuaikan dengan tata ruang dan tata guna tanah di daerah masing masing. Abstract. Residential builders on agricultural land that have been determined by the housing entrepreneur must obtain a permit. Permits from local governments play a very important role in building housing for housing entrepreneurs who must submit applications. In this case the government formed a team consisting of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Industry and also the Land Office. The team formed by the government has the task of investigating the existence and status of the land, which then results from the team as input for the Regent as the Regional Head to provide development permits for housing developers. Changes in the use of agricultural land to non-agriculture are indeed allowed, but they are not cultivated on fertile agricultural land and technical irrigation as regulated in Permendagri No. 5 of 1974 article 7 paragraph 3 letter a. It is also regulated in Law Number 41 of 2009 concerning the protection of sustainable food agricultural land, and housing development in accordance with the provisions of the regional spatial planning and land use plan, Junto Perpres number 59 of 2019, concerning the control of the conversion of rice fields, must be adjusted to the spatial and land use in their respective areas

Embracing the Block

<p>With an estimated housing shortage of 150,000 homes in 2020, New Zealand is in urgent need of a new housing solution to keep up with demand. Given that families make up 70% of New Zealand households, attracting families towards inner-city living is the key to decreasing housing shortage and managing urban growth. The research investigates a housing model that is underutilised in New Zealand, but has the potential to accommodate families in high-density central city developments. The European Perimeter Block (EPB) is a housing model prevalent in Europe’s largest cities, providing highly liveable urban housing at relatively high densities. Analysis of traditional EPB literature, contemporary EPB precedents and best-practice apartment design is combined with analysis of the New Zealand context to develop an extensive list of design strategies and criteria. This list provides a framework for the design of EPB housing in New Zealand cities. A subsequent design case study tests the applicability of the design strategies and criteria on a successful high-density housing development in Auckland’s CBD, with a focus on providing an attractive inner-city lifestyle for New Zealand families. The resulting outcome is a concise set of design criteria and a repertoire of strategies to usefully inform the design of an attractive EPB housing development in New Zealand cities.</p>

Embracing the Block

<p>With an estimated housing shortage of 150,000 homes in 2020, New Zealand is in urgent need of a new housing solution to keep up with demand. Given that families make up 70% of New Zealand households, attracting families towards inner-city living is the key to decreasing housing shortage and managing urban growth. The research investigates a housing model that is underutilised in New Zealand, but has the potential to accommodate families in high-density central city developments. The European Perimeter Block (EPB) is a housing model prevalent in Europe’s largest cities, providing highly liveable urban housing at relatively high densities. Analysis of traditional EPB literature, contemporary EPB precedents and best-practice apartment design is combined with analysis of the New Zealand context to develop an extensive list of design strategies and criteria. This list provides a framework for the design of EPB housing in New Zealand cities. A subsequent design case study tests the applicability of the design strategies and criteria on a successful high-density housing development in Auckland’s CBD, with a focus on providing an attractive inner-city lifestyle for New Zealand families. The resulting outcome is a concise set of design criteria and a repertoire of strategies to usefully inform the design of an attractive EPB housing development in New Zealand cities.</p>

Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on Loneliness and Social Isolation Among Affordable Housing Residents

Loneliness and social isolation are serious public health concerns associated with higher risks of clinical depression, suicidal ideation, coronary artery disease, stroke, functional decline, an increased risk of developing dementia and cancer mortality. Recent reports indicate the prevalence and dangers of loneliness and social isolation have increased as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among older populations. In order to address these concerns among residents living at Northgate II (NGII), a 302-unit affordable housing development in Camden, NJ, Fair Share Support Services, Inc. (FSSS), the non-profit arm of Fair Share Housing Development, collaborated with the New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging (NJISA) and the DHHS-funded Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) to develop a loneliness/social isolation survey using two evidenced-based tools, the UCLA Loneliness Scale and the Steptoe Social Isolation Index. FSSS piloted the loneliness and social isolation survey with 192 low-income minority older adults residing at NGII. Results indicate that 49% of the NGII residents surveyed fall into 5 "at-risk" categories: 1) lonely and isolated (9%), 2) lonely/somewhat isolated (8%), 3 ) lonely/not isolated (9%), 4) isolated/somewhat lonely (9%), and 5) isolated/not lonely (14%). FSSS, will utilize survey results and follow-up interviews to tailor social service/other interventions to meet the needs and preferences of residents with the goal of preventing serious health problems associated with loneliness and social isolation, allowing residents to age in place.

De-colonising the right to housing, one new city at a time: Seeing housing development from Palestine/Israel

The right to housing is generally understood as a local struggle against the global commodification of housing. While useful for recognising overarching urbanisation processes, such understanding risks washing over the distinctive politics that produce the housing crisis and its ostensible solutions in different contexts around the globe. Situated in a settler-colonial context, this paper bridges recent comparative urban studies with Indigenous narratives of urbanisation, to re-think housing crisis solutions from the point of view of the colonised. Based on in-depth interviews with Palestinian citizens of Israel, the paper compares two cases of state-initiated, privatised housing developments, one in Israel and one in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: the new cities Tantour and Rawabi. Each case is examined as a singularity, distinctive formations of the spatialities of Zionist settlement in Palestine, which are now being transformed through privatised housing development. The paper presents these developments as mutually constituted through a colonial-settler project and Palestinian sumud resistance, the praxis of remaining on the land. The paper utilises comparison as a strategy, exploring each new city in turn, to reveal the range of directions in sumud. Thus, by seeing housing development as site for negotiating de-colonisation on the ground, the paper contributes to recent debates over the power of comparative urbanism to re-think global phenomena through treating urban terrains as singularities.