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Newman, Sandra J. "Affordable Rental Housing Policy." Housing Policy Debate 29, no. 1 (2018): 22–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2018.1506393.
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Baqutaya, S., A. S. Ariffin, and F. Raji. "Affordable Housing Policy: Issues and Challenges among Middle-Income Groups." International Journal of Social Science and Humanity 6, no. 6 (2016): 433–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.7763/ijssh.2016.v6.686.
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Odoyi, Emmanuel Joseph, and Kirsikka Riekkinen. "Housing Policy: An Analysis of Public Housing Policy Strategies for Low-Income Earners in Nigeria." Sustainability 14, no. 4 (2022): 2258. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14042258.
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This article evaluates the Global South housing policy for low-income earners by utilising the Nigerian example to analyse public housing policy strategies used to provide housing to low-income earners. The materials employed in the study were housing policy programme documents provided by various ministries that are linked to housing between 1991 and 2020. The housing policy documents were subjected to qualitative content and thematic analysis. The analysis of the selected housing policy documents showed seven key policy strategies that are intended to strengthen affordable housing development. These strategic themes are funds, schemes, governments, implementation, development, land, and rurality. The findings indicated that the existence of housing policy strategical themes does not translate to affordable housing development and housing affordability for low-income earners, though the effective activation and implementation of strategical themes will promote affordable housing development.
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Hamidi, Shima, Reid Ewing, and John Renne. "How Affordable Is HUD Affordable Housing?" Housing Policy Debate 26, no. 3 (2016): 437–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2015.1123753.
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Cai, Xiang, and Wei-Ning Wu. "Affordable housing policy development: public official perspectives." International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 12, no. 5 (2019): 934–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhma-08-2018-0063.
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Purpose This paper aims to examine the factors affecting the implementation of affordable housing policies in two Chinese municipal governments. Since 2010, the Chinese government has enforced an ambitious plan to adopt affordable housing provisions accompanying a series of urbanization programs. Furthermore, the policy implementation at the local level has led to various outcomes but has been scarcely investigated. The views of policy implementation from local officials are crucial in the context of intergovernmental relations. Therefore, it is important to examine the views of local public officials on the development status and challenges in the context of Chinese intergovernmental relations. Design/methodology/approach This paper verifies which factors exert significant impacts on the willingness of local officials to adapt affordable housing policies by using the logistic regression model and marginal effect estimation. With original data from the fieldwork surveys of city administrators, the measures incorporated local characteristics as well as the intergovernmental support from the central government in two selected megacities, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Findings There are significant differences in local investment between the selected cities. Intergovernmental support from the central government, city development strategies, implementation perceptions of local governments and land supply, all significantly impact the selection of an affordable housing program and its overall implementation. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ understanding, this study would be one of the first to empirically explore the view of municipal public officials on affordable housing policy in China. This paper provides an empirical analysis from municipal public officials on the local implementation of affordable housing policies in China. As the outcome of housing policies actually depends on the implementation willingness of public officials and the overall performance of local governments, this explorative study would benefit the future development of China’s affordable housing policy.
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Mulliner, Emma, and Vida Maliene. "Austerity and reform to affordable housing policy." Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 28, no. 2 (2012): 397–407. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10901-012-9305-6.
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Gopalan, Kalpana, and Madalasa Venkataraman. "Affordable housing: Policy and practice in India." IIMB Management Review 27, no. 2 (2015): 129–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.iimb.2015.03.003.
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Gopalan, Kalpana, and Madalasa Venkataraman. "Affordable housing: Policy and practice in India." IIMB Management Review 27, no. 2 (2015): 79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.iimb.2015.04.007.
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Samarasinghe, Don Amila Sajeevan. "The housing crisis in Australia and New Zealand: A comparative analysis through policy lenses." International Journal of Construction Supply Chain Management 10, no. 2 (2020): 212–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.14424/ijcscm100220-212-223.
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Housing affordability is a prominent issue across the world. There is a growing concern that the number of people experiencing homelessness is rapidly increasing. As a solution, many countries, including Australia and New Zealand, have introduced housing policies aimed at providing affordable houses to low-to-medium income families. Over recent years, several affordable housing policies have been introduced in both Australia and New Zealand, including public housing initiatives, rental subsidies, accommodation supplements, state housing programmes and the provision of social housing. New Zealand launched the KiwiBuild programme in 2018 to increase housing affordability. Unfortunately, in 2019, KiwiBuild was unable to deliver its targeted primary objectives set by the Government. This study features a comparative analysis, primarily focusing on comparing and contrasting affordable housing policies in Australia and New Zealand. Subsequently, it discusses the reasons why the KiwiBuild programme failed. It makes recommendations based on policies used in Australia with a view to improving affordable housing policies in New Zealand. This research contributes and adds to the existing body of knowledge about affordable housing policies in both Australia and New Zealand. The recommendations will be helpful for future researchers who wish to develop workable policies to assist with affordable housing-related issues in New Zealand.
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Flink, Carla, Rebecca J. Walter, and Xiaoyang Xu. "Policy Diffusion in a Redistributive Policy: Affordable Housing and State Housing Trust Funds." State and Local Government Review 53, no. 3 (2021): 187–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0160323x211049420.
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Diffusion models explore the reasons policies transfer across governments. In this study, we focus on U.S. state level efforts in affordable housing. Drawing predominately from policy diffusion literature, our research examines the determinants of the creation of state Housing Trust Funds (HTFs). We utilize event history analysis with logit regressions and survival modeling to examine how problem severity, neighbor adoption, economic standing, elected leadership, housing investment, and demographics predict state HTF adoption. Results indicate that both problem severity and elected leadership predict the adoption of HTFs. This work improves our understanding of state policy diffusion and efforts in housing affordability.
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Klein, Elizabeth G., Brittney Keller, Nancy Hood, and Holly Holtzen. "Affordable Housing and Health." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 21, no. 4 (2015): 368–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/phh.0000000000000138.
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Crook, Anthony (Tony) D. H., and Christine M. E. Whitehead. "Social Housing and Planning Gain: Is This an Appropriate Way of Providing Affordable Housing?" Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 34, no. 7 (2002): 1259–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a34135.
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The current mechanism for providing affordable housing through the planning system in England is based on negotiation within the framework of Planning Policy Guidance Note 3 and Circular 6/98. In this paper the authors examine three groups of questions. First, on the development of the policy, they look at how the need for affordable housing is assessed, how the policy evolved, and how it is currently operated. Second, on the principles and potential outputs of the policy they look at how the approach fits into the principles of betterment taxation, what the results are likely to be ‘on the ground’ in terms of price and output of housing, and whether these are consistent with taxation principles. Third, they examine what the evidence is so far on the impact of planning obligations on affordable housing provision. Finally, the authors develop a typology of likely outcomes, particularly regarding who pays for affordable housing.
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Liu, Jian, and Huay Ying Ong. "Can Malaysia’s National Affordable Housing Policy Guarantee Housing Affordability of Low-Income Households?" Sustainability 13, no. 16 (2021): 8841. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13168841.
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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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SING, Chun Pong, Peter E. D. LOVE, Wing Hong FUNG, and Yun Zi HE. "SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND PRICING STRUCTURE IN SHENZHEN, CHINA." International Journal of Strategic Property Management 19, no. 1 (2015): 58–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/1648715x.2015.1004564.
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As a result of urban housing reform in China, it has become increasingly difficult for low and middle income families to purchase a house. In response to the growing demand for affordable housing, the Chinese Government has developed a specific housing policy to enable families to purchase properties from the private sector. The pricing mechanism of such housing is completely based on the family affordability and the profit margin of developers. To ensure the provision of housing for low and middle-income families, the future trend of affordable housing prices has become a concern for developers, consumers and may adversely influence the implementation of the current national housing policy. In this paper a systematic analysis of affordable housing development and its pricing structure is undertaken for the city of Shenzhen. As information pertaining to the factors influencing house prices is imperfect, a Grey model, which requires a limited amount of data to reflect unknown behavior, is constructed to provide a forecast for affordable house pricing. The analysis indicates that the government should adjust their current affordable housing policy to accommodate the forecasted upward trend in house prices.
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Zhang, Beibei. "Social policies, financial markets and the multi-scalar governance of affordable housing in Toronto." Urban Studies 57, no. 13 (2019): 2628–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098019881368.
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While housing has been a central object of financialisation, questions regarding how multi-scalar states shape the financialisation of housing remain under-researched. I address this knowledge gap through a case study of the financialisation of affordable housing in Toronto. By analysing pertinent policy documents, I examine the roles and relationship of the federal, provincial and local states in the financialisation of affordable housing. Two findings are highlighted. (1) Although policies from all levels of government show traits of financialisation – in terms of both the connection between social policy and financial markets, and financialised ideologies prevailing in policy discourses, the extent and pattern of the manifestation of financialisation are distinct. This research thus calls for a nuanced understanding of the state’s role in the financialisation of housing from a multi-scalar perspective. (2) Affordable housing policies usually do not give an explicit definition of ‘affordable’. By scrutinising the policy specifications, I found that the target group is mainly moderate-income, rather than low-income, households. It will be increasingly difficult for low-income households to meet their housing needs.
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Balmer, Ivo, and Jean-David Gerber. "Why are housing cooperatives successful? Insights from Swiss affordable housing policy." Housing Studies 33, no. 3 (2017): 361–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2017.1344958.
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Morris, Alan, Andrew Beer, John Martin, et al. "Australian local governments and affordable housing: Challenges and possibilities." Economic and Labour Relations Review 31, no. 1 (2019): 14–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1035304619880135.
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For an increasing proportion of Australian households, the Australian dream of home ownership is no longer an option. Neoliberal housing policy and the financialisation of housing has resulted in a housing affordability crisis. Historically, Australian housing policy has afforded only a limited role to local government. This article analyses the results of a nation-wide survey of Australian local governments’ perceptions of housing affordability in their local government area, the possibilities for their meaningful intervention, the challenges they face, the role of councillors and councils’ perceptions of what levels of government should take responsibility for housing. Almost all of the respondents from Sydney and Melbourne councils were clear that there is a housing affordability crisis in their local government area. We apply a framework analysing housing policy in the context of neoliberalism and the related financialisation of housing in order to analyse the housing affordability crisis in Sydney and Melbourne. We conclude that in order to begin resolving the housing crisis in Australia’s two largest cities there has to be an increasing role for local government, a substantial increase in the building of social and affordable housing and a rollback of policies that encourage residential property speculation. JEL Codes: R31, R21
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Chen, Guang Hua, Hong Bo Li, and Zhi Yun Zhang. "Based on Stackelberg Differential Game of Affordable Housing Pricing Mechanism Research." Applied Mechanics and Materials 444-445 (October 2013): 1630–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.444-445.1630.
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Affordable housing is an important part of China's housing security system. This policy is adapted to the actual situation of our country. The core advantage of the affordable housing is prices. It is to ensure the healthy development of affordable housing and a premise for the real role. How to make affordable housing for protection of the population can not only afford but also comfortable stay, developed pricing is the most important issue of its construction, it relates to the different interests of the class, a scientific and reasonable to take into account the different interests sectors of the pricing model. It helps to achieve social stability, improve the construction, regulatory and pricing mechanisms of affordable housing, and has a theoretical and practical significance.
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Zhou, Yong, and Fang Wang. "A Research on the Coordinated Development of Affordable Housing and Commercial Housing in Xi’an." Advanced Materials Research 838-841 (November 2013): 3123–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.838-841.3123.
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It was necessary to study the coordinated development of affordable housing and commercial housing. In this article, it used the Principal Component Analysis to calculate the development indexes of affordable housing and commercial housing. Then it established a model, adopting the Euclidean distance index method for their coordinated development, to identify their coordinated development degree. After analyzing their development coordination degrees, it draws the conclusion that the affordable housing development lagged behind commercial housing, and the coordination degree was on the decline, we should adopt appropriate policy measures for their coordinated development.
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He, Chunyan, Ding Li, Qiong Ma, and Daichun Yi. "City Bias: Affordable Housing Accessibility Assessment—Evidence From 153 Prefectural Cities in China." SAGE Open 12, no. 4 (2022): 215824402211446. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440221144634.
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This study explores the invisible bias quantification of urban governments in their affordable housing service delivery, which can accurately identify the deficiencies of affordable housing policy and alleviate homelessness, poverty, and inequality. We identified complicated eligibility criteria for public rental housing programs in 153 prefectural cities and constructed a public rental housing accessibility index for urban residents and migrants. We used the principal component analysis method; this study offers a new perspective to explore these disparities. We found distinct regional differences in local governments’ behaviors and preferences regarding affordable housing. Cities’ affordable housing provision for migrants is selective and mainly targets young and highly educated migrants. We suggest that local governments pay more attention to elderly migrant workers in affordable housing provision and build a comprehensive evaluation system to set reasonable access conditions to prioritize those with urgent housing needs.
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Field, Charles G. "Building consensus for affordable housing." Housing Policy Debate 8, no. 4 (1997): 801–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10511482.1997.9521279.
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Sun, Mao, and Yong Zhou. "Based on the Coordinated Development of CGE Model of Affordable Housing and Commercial Housing Research." Advanced Materials Research 1079-1080 (December 2014): 1089–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.1079-1080.1089.
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Construction of affordable housing is not possible, their development and the development of commodity housing market should adapt to achieve coordinated development. Based on previous studies, drawing on ideas put forward specific judgment of affordable housing and the coordinated development of commodity housing, that is, under the premise to meet the total demand, through reasonable adjustments to the proportion of affordable housing and the supply of commodity housing, thereby affecting the price of commodity housing, strikes a reasonable price earnings ratio. In this coordination criteria, the paper uses system dynamics theory constructed residential market system dynamics model, and in Xi'an City, for 2003 and 2020 in Xi'an residential market simulation, testing the validity of the model; Furthermore performed by adjusting the supply of affordable housing a large number of simulation experiments, and ultimately determining the affordable housing and the coordinated development of commodity housing supply ratio between the two is 21.88%: 78.12%, and accordingly proposed to promote the coordinated development of both policy recommendations.
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Wilson, Lou, Michael Arman, George Zillante, Stephen Pullen, Jian Zuo, and Nicholas Chileshe. "National Housing Policy in Australia: Are New Initiatives in Affordable Housing Sustainable?" International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences: Annual Review 5, no. 2 (2010): 129–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/1833-1882/cgp/v05i02/51563.
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Kavishe, Neema, Nicholas Chileshe, and Ian Jefferson. "Public–private partnerships in Tanzanian affordable housing schemes." Built Environment Project and Asset Management 9, no. 2 (2019): 233–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bepam-01-2018-0010.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and rank policy and regulatory framework factors and inherent pitfalls in the delivery of Tanzanian public–private partnerships (PPPs) affordable housing schemes. The strength of interactions between pitfalls is established, with practical solution proposals offered. Design/methodology/approach Primary data were collected from questionnaires administered to 28 Tanzanian stakeholders. Semi-structured interviews with public and private sector respondents then complemented survey findings with proposed solutions. The quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics, mean scores, parametric tests and correlation analyses. Directed content analysis was used for the interview transcripts. Findings Results show that “current PPP policy and guidelines need further improvement” and “Tanzania has a PPP policy and clear regulatory framework” were rated higher as policy and regulatory factors. In contrast, “poor planning skills and analytical capacity”, “high cost of building materials” and “inadequate access to housing finance” were the critical pitfalls. Most practical solutions were broadly financial in nature, or related to training, project management or PPP-enabling environment. Originality/value The paper provides solutions that can be tailored to international practitioners interested in understanding the effects of PPP policy, regulatory issues and pitfalls on Sub-Saharan Africa and other similar developing economies.
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Denpaiboon, Chaweewan, Vimolsiddhi Horayangkura, and Mitsuo Takada. "Public Sector Versus Civil Society: An Approach to Affordable Housing Development in Thailand." MANUSYA 13, no. 1 (2010): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/26659077-01301001.
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This article focuses on the identification and illustration of the shift in low income housing policy and implementation in Thailand. Housing is one of the major sectors of national development; it plays a vital role in a developing country. Policy and housing mechanisms have witnessed major shifts toward affordable housing since 1973, mainly implemented by the public sector. This article is concerned with the decentralization of the governmental role in providing shelters for low income groups to the present-day civil society activity in the creation of affordable housing. The role of civic social innovation in urban development was a result of key social structure changes to strengthen a community based on social capital. An affordable house is not a spatial organization but rather a reflection of social movement planning. The objectives of the study were (1) To analyze a comparative study between public sector and civic society approaches to affordable housing development by NHA and CODI; (2) To analyze the lesson learnt from development projects by government and civil society, using a thorough analysis of the process of participatory subsidies; (3) To identify the government policy and civic society by NHA and CODI effects on urban development processes in Bangkok Metropolitan Areas. This could help NHA to identify any necessary changes to policies to encourage low income housing development; and (4) To recommend a policy of affordable housing developments for the low income group. The research method comprised a field-base case study using observation, interviews, and questionnaires, which was conducted among a random selection sample of 200 households in Baan Eua Ah-torn Project and Baan Man Kong Project. These findings provide a policy framework that brings together three concepts. First, a policy of providing for low income groups alone is not effective in the development of housing projects; it should mix income groups for sustainable housing development. Second, Baan Man Kong Project places more emphasis on the process and continuity of development than Baan Eua Ah-torn projects. Third, both projects will support the housing shortage. In the final section, conclusions are drawn about social innovation in governmental policy, focusing on empowering experiments with decentralization and governmental democracy accessible to civil society and its interests.
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Yan, Lei, Wei Ran Zhou, and Jian Feng Miao. "Contradictions and Countermeasures of Affordable Housing Construction." Advanced Materials Research 919-921 (April 2014): 1603–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.919-921.1603.
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The paper extends its field of research to affordable housing development, which is an important people's livelihood issue in current china. This paper begins with an outline of public rental housing construction in Chongqing so called Chongqing model, in sight of universal issues in affordable housing exploitation, analyzes main contradictions about housing policy, planning and management, and proposes countermeasures from four aspects, establishing multi-level housing guarantee system, planning comprehensively and taking measures according to local conditions, emphasizing on quality and quantity to improve performance-price ratio, and updating design concepts to advocate intensive life. In conclusion, we find evidence suggesting that China should clearly understand the contingency and stage characteristics of affordable housing development, meanwhile establish all-round and whole process support policies and measures, and strengthen renovation of science and technologies. As a typical model, the exploration on contradictions and countermeasures of Chongqing pubic rental housing construction aims to provide experience and reference to affordable housing development across China form the theoretical and practical fields.
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Gonzalez-Gorman, Sylvia, Sung-Wook Kwon, Daehee Bak, and Sang-Chul Park. "Can Cities Attract Affordable Housing for Economic Development? The Roles of Growth Management Policies and Urban Political Institutions." Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs 4, no. 2 (2018): 181. http://dx.doi.org/10.20899/jpna.4.2.181-196.
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While economic development and affordable housing are two important goals for city governments, pursuing both values is challenging due to their conflicting policy nature that is not easily harmonized. Cities inherently focus on economic development policies and tend to pay less attention to redistribution policies such as affordable housing. In this study, we examine why cities pursue both economic development and affordable housing simultaneously in spite of the challenge of balancing two contrasting goals. More specifically, we investigate the influence of state growth management policies and urban political institutions on whether cities support affordable housing to promote their key interest of economic development. Results indicate that state growth management policies are a critical factor that assists city governments attempting to pursue affordable housing and economic development simultaneously, while form of government is not significant.
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Randa, Isaac Okoth. "Integrated Model of Affordable Housing Delivery for the City of Windhoek." International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change 3, no. 3 (2016): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijcesc.2016070101.
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Limited access to affordable and decent housing for the low-medium income households of Namibia, especially in Windhoek, is a major concern. This is evident as nearly 70 percent of the population are unable to access affordable housing. This situation is exacerbated by lack of an integrated framework for affordable housing delivery strategy. Adopting an interpretivist perspective, in depth literature review of published records, and using hybrid value chain model; this paper aims to identify an effective and efficient strategy for the delivery of affordable housing in Windhoek through the application of the stakeholder approach. Also, the paper intends to determine the appropriate division of roles between public, private and community institutions, and to suggest possible policy interventions necessary for a viable affordable housing delivery strategy. Though several non-integrated initiatives are operational in Windhoek, the joint Public-Private-Social-Sector Partnership model represents a new business model in the affordable housing sector.
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Ramage, Kaylee, Meaghan Bell, Lisa Zaretsky, Laura Lee, and Katrina Milaney. "Is the Right to Housing Being Realized in Canada? Learning from the Experiences of Tenants in Affordable Housing Units in a Large Canadian City." Societies 11, no. 2 (2021): 53. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/soc11020053.
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Background: Housing is a critical determinant of health and a basic human right. Historically, Canada’s housing policies have not been grounded in a human rights-based approach. In the 1990s, a policy shift prioritized efficiency in government spending and deficit reductions over the provision of many social programs including affordable housing. With various levels of government now acknowledging and recognizing the need for more affordable housing, it is important to understand tenant experiences, perspectives, and needs to ensure policies and practices are supporting individuals appropriately. Methods: In total, 161 individuals participated in this study by completing online or in-person questionnaires. Results: Exploratory analysis of results revealed that although there were some positive benefits to affordable housing, many tenants continued to struggle financially, physically, mentally, and emotionally without adequate supports in place. Conclusions: These findings highlight the need for affordable housing to be part of a system of care that provides supports along a continuum. The results further reiterate that placing a person or family in affordable housing does not guarantee that their lives have improved. Without robust affordable housing models that prioritize the empowerment of individuals and families, housing policies may fail to fulfil the right to safe and affordable housing for Canadians, especially when considering historically marginalized populations.
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Coelho, Karen, A. Srivathsan, and Gayathri Pattnam. "From Serviced Sites to Peripheral Tenements: A Long-Arc History of Chennai’s Unaffordable Housing." Urbanisation 7, no. 2 (2022): 163–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/24557471221137221.
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Housing policies in India tend to reduce the urban housing challenge to a volumetric problem of increasing stock, particularly in the ‘affordable’ category, and increasingly by ‘crowding in private investment’. This standardised policy agenda has overwritten local histories and sociological understandings of housing as embedded in social relations. The singular focus on facilitating private markets in affordable housing is everywhere confounded by contextual factors that determine local geographies of housing, land markets and parameters of affordability. What explains the conspicuous absence of private builders in Chennai’s affordable housing market, despite strong demand in this segment and over two decades of state policies aimed at incentivising their participation in this market? This article proposes that a long-range history of Chennai’s settlement and land use shifts, social/demographic changes, and housing policies from the early twentieth century can provide clues towards understanding its current housing market, and can contribute policy-relevant insights that expand the question of urban housing beyond measures of stocks and prices to qualitative concerns. The article employs archival material (including government reports, plans, policies and media reports) and primary data from a recent study by the authors on the supply, location and prices of current affordable housing stock in Chennai.
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Stewart, Jill, and Surindar Dhesi. "Affordable warmth: housing strategies for older people." Housing, Care and Support 19, no. 1 (2016): 23–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/hcs-07-2015-0012.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consolidate policy, research, evidence and good practice around strategies tackling fuel poverty and affordable warmth for older people aged over 60 to support the development of more effective services for this life course stage and to tackle physical and mental health inequalities. Design/methodology/approach – The authors consolidate current policy, research, evidence and examples of good practice in exploring effective interprofessional approaches that contribute to affordable warmth for older people through “desktop analysis”. The authors support this with qualitative data from Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), health inequalities and environmental health from research comprising four longitudinal case studies in the Midlands and North of England over 18 months and semi-structured interviews with members and support officers. A total of 50 interviews were undertaken and 55 hours of HWB meetings observed. Findings – There are numerous older people living in fuel poverty. The depth of fuel poverty increases with age particularly the over 75s and physical and mental ill health are affected. There are an increasing number of tools to help estimate health care costs around the cost effectiveness of interventions and there is a real need for more local evidence about what is working well, how and why. However, there is no mandatory requirement for fuel poverty strategies and more creative local strategies are required taking organisational and interprofessional relationships into account. The emphasis in integrated care provides new impetus and scope to encourage preventative services but these new partnerships need to be effective in what is a complex policy environment. There is still a long way to go in places. The challenges of ageing are numerous, complex and not fully understood and sit across multiple policy areas. Originality/value – Fuel poverty strategies tend to be delivered on a geographical or income bases rather than by life course approach and a focus on older people. We need to focus more specifically on older people, a rapidly growing population and to better understand thermal properties of our ageing housing stock and how best to intervene to protect and improve health and safety. Emerging approaches need to overcome artificial statutory and non statutory divides and move towards sustainable, evidence based affordable warmth strategies for older people to protect and improve health.
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Graddy, E. A., and R. W. Bostic. "The Role of Private Agents in Affordable Housing Policy." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 20, Supplement 1 (2009): i81—i99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mup036.
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Williams, Peter. "The affordable housing conundrum: shifting policy approaches in Australia." Town Planning Review 86, no. 6 (2015): 651–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2015.38.
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Zou, Yonghua. "Contradictions in China's affordable housing policy: Goals vs. structure." Habitat International 41 (January 2014): 8–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.06.001.
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AKINYODE, Babatunde Femi, Musibau Omoakin JELILI, and Olaitan Olutayo ODUNOLA. "Structural equation modelling of users’ assessment of affordable housing in developing cities." Economic and Environmental Studies 18, no. 3 (47) (2020): 1059–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.25167/ees.2018.47.2.
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This study investigated the users’ assessment of affordable housing in developing cities among the residents of Ibadan urban centre. Affordable housing entails users having access to quality housing at reasonable prices, obtaining it, maintaining the ability to meet other basic costs of living and to stay in it without any problem in order to promote good health, accessibility, convenience and environment that is free from crime and violence. The study developed a theoretical model that links users’ assessment to the affordable housing. Questionnaire was developed and administered to 494 residents in the five local government areas within Ibadan. The data was analysed using statistical packages SPSS and AMOS version 22. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis techniques were applied to evaluate the users’ assessment of affordable housing. The structural equation modelling as the validated measuring tools was employed to validate the theoretical model. The finding indicated that detailed examination, assessment and critical reflection of users on their affordable housing is an important step towards designing policies to improve affordable housing that is accessible to users. The authors are of the opinion that strategies through the employment of suitable housing policy are needed to address the challenge of existing affordable housing in developing cities.
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Guo, Xiao Mei, Yu Xing Lin, and Fan Xiao. "Environmental Impacts Analysis for Affordable Housing." Applied Mechanics and Materials 209-211 (October 2012): 221–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.209-211.221.
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The building industry has consumed a large portion of resources, and is responsible for most pollution. So many efforts have been taken to push the industry green, including green building. However, such practice is costly, which makes it unpractical for low income buyers. Hence, other measures should be taken when construct affordable buildings, so that the environmental impacts can be mitigate while the cost is still kept within the budgets. In this article, the authors carried out a particular study on a construction project targeted at low income people to assess its environmental impacts from the life cycle perspective, with the objective to identify the largest environmental impacts and take measures to control them. Cost and benefits for related measures were also analyzed. Results shows that green policy can also be applied to affordable housing. Both targets of environmental performance and cost budget can be met.
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Metcalf, Gabriel. "Sand Castles Before the Tide? Affordable Housing in Expensive Cities." Journal of Economic Perspectives 32, no. 1 (2018): 59–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/jep.32.1.59.
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This article focuses on cities with unprecedented economic success and a seemingly permanent crisis of affordable housing. In the expensive cities, policymakers expend great amounts of energy trying to bring down housing costs with subsidies for affordable housing and sometimes with rent control. But these efforts are undermined by planning decisions that make housing for most people vastly more expensive than it has to be by restricting the supply of new units even in the face of growing demand. I begin by describing current housing policy in the expensive metro areas of the United States. I then show how this combination of policies affecting housing, despite internal contradictions, makes sense from the perspective of the political coalitions that can form in a setting of fragmented local jurisdictions, local control over land use policies, and homeowner control over local government. Finally, I propose some more effective approaches to housing policy. My view is that the effects of the formal affordable housing policies of expensive cities are quite small in their impact when compared to the size of the problem—like sand castles before the tide. I will argue that we can do more, potentially much more, to create subsidized affordable housing in high-cost American cities. But more fundamentally, we will need to rethink the broader set of exclusionary land use policies that are the primary reason that housing in these cities has become so expensive. We cannot solve the problem unless we fix the housing market itself.
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Sharifzai, Mohammad Saraj, Keisuke Kitagawa, Ahmad Javid Habib, Mohammad Kamil Halimee, and Daishi Sakaguchi. "Investigation of Sustainable and Affordable Housing Policy Principles and Formulation Adoptable in Kabul City, Afghanistan." Journal of Sustainable Development 9, no. 2 (2016): 93. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v9n2p93.
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<p>In recent architectural and environmental research, principles of sustainability and affordability with respect to economic, environmental and social policies have been widely discussed on a worldwide scale. Urban housing planning can play a very important role in achieving sustainable growth and development by integrating ‘sustainable development principles’ into urban planning strategies, policies, programs and projects. In addition, affordability is at the heart of households’ efforts to improve their housing situation. It has been widely recognized that employment, income generation and access to housing are highly interrelated internationally. Housing affordability has become one of the dominant research topics in recent years. However, few studies have been undertaken to test the compatibility between affordable housing and sustainable housing. Sustainable and affordable development of housing, a basic unit of human settlement, is also a crucial component of social development in one community. It plays an important role in achieving sustainable development. The concept of shelter differs from individual to individual depending on culture, tradition, profession and way of living. Besides being a basic necessity, it is also a source of identity that has a significant effect on the overall psychological well being of the inhabitants. Sustainable-affordable habitat can be described as a way of developing and maintaining a living environment supporting human health (both physical and psychological), satisfying shelter needs, and protecting and preserving nature for future generations. This paper introduces a conceptual framework for defining housing problems from the perspective of the support of beneficiaries, and it seeks to analyze the effectiveness of Afghan national development policies in facilitating sustainable-affordable habitat across the country. The framework shows the interdependency of different aspects of sustainability in the process of housing development. It also sets out strategies and identifies policy initiatives required to realize the goal of sustainable-affordable habitat in Kabul. The principles developed in this paper can be generally applied and adopted in Afghanistan, a country that is less developed economically.<br />A fundamental understanding of these two issues is necessary to develop successful examples of this form of accommodation. Because of three decades of socioeconomic and political instability in Afghanistan, the country does not have a national housing policy. This paper tries to create the foundation for an Afghan national housing policy. This research reveals that the majority of Kabul residents are low- or medium-income earners that cannot afford housing produced under market conditions. This paper aims to identify suitable built forms for housing that is both affordable and environmentally sustainable. A series of case studies were conducted to investigate some of the best international forms to be adopted in practices at the national scale. The research is conducted qualitatively, and the required data is acquired from a site survey of Kabul, in addition to data from new World Bank and JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Master Plans. The result was the development of a framework that enables the assessment of the overall performance of various types of housing development. There is very little evidence that the present approach of housing provision linked to the vagaries of market forces has provided affordable housing, especially for government employees and low-income citizens. There is a need to incorporate social housing into a policy to assist people who cannot provide their own housing needs.</p>
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Nzau and Trillo. "Harnessing the Real Estate Market for Equitable Affordable Housing Provision through Land Value Capture: Insights from San Francisco City, California." Sustainability 11, no. 13 (2019): 3649. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11133649.
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Affordable housing remains a serious problem in many countries. Even as the housing affordability crisis deepens, most cities continue to exhibit robust real estate markets with high property prices. The low-income and poor households are unable to access affordable housing and remain excluded. This paper draws from empirical research conducted in the city of San Francisco and focuses on the application of Land Value Capture (LVC) through increased Inclusionary Housing (IH) requirements after plan changes that increased density potential in San Francisco’s Eastern Neighbourhoods to evaluate its effects on the goals of increasing both affordable housing and social inclusion. Findings reveal that the increased inclusionary requirements used as LVC mechanism enabled 76.2% of all the affordable housing units produced in the Eastern Neighbourhoods to be produced by market-rate developers in 2011–2015 as compared to the rest of San Francisco, where 35.5% of the affordable units were produced from the market through inclusionary policy during the same period. The study demonstrates that upzoning underutilised land coupled with a well-planned LVC mechanism can help harness the strength of the real estate market and increase both affordable housing production and social inclusion.
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Martinez, Eder, Carolina K. Reid, and Iris D. Tommelein. "Lean construction for affordable housing: a case study in Latin America." Construction Innovation 19, no. 4 (2019): 570–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ci-02-2019-0015.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore opportunities and barriers to using lean construction to address issues related to the value, quality and scalability of affordable housing production in Latin America. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents a case study of a housing developer in Ecuador that used lean construction in the design and construction stages of an affordable housing project. The study describes how the developer addressed operational challenges derived from implementing a customization strategy and analyzes qualitative and quantitative data to assess the outcomes of lean initiatives. Findings The developer reduced cost and delivery time without sacrificing consumer choice. However, the economic and policy conditions worked against the benefits of lean construction, demonstrating the importance of the regulatory context in facilitating or inhibiting lean initiatives and construction innovation. Research limitations/implications This paper focuses on conventional means for new housing construction. Self-help and upgrading are not covered. Practical implications The operational challenges described in this study, as well as the innovative ways to deal with them, are beneficial for practitioners seeking to improve the quality and efficiency of affordable housing construction. Social implications This paper advances knowledge about how to increase value and quality delivery in the built environment which may benefit low-income families. Originality/value This study bridges construction innovation and housing policy, discussing the potential of lean construction within the policy and regulatory environment in which affordable housing takes place.
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Ziebarth, Dan. "Mixed-income green housing in St George, Staten Island." Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit 33, no. 1 (2018): 110–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269094217753100.
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This proposal sets out to find which policy measure pertaining to affordable housing would be most successful in revitalizing the St George neighborhood on Staten Island. St George has dealt with issues such as a lagging commercial district, difficulty drawing people to the neighborhood, homelessness, and a stagnant housing market. The emergence of affordable green housing units, mixed-income housing developments, and community-based initiatives focused on urban neighborhoods have become increasingly successful pieces in economic and infrastructural development throughout major urban areas. This paper will use scholarly research focusing on the role sustainably built affordable housing, mixed-income housing units, and community-based housing initiatives have in revitalizing urban neighborhoods. Findings from this study reveal that the introduction of mixed-income green housing units in urban areas can be successful in raising the socioeconomic standard of living within designated neighborhoods. It is suggested that a community-based housing initiative be established to introduce affordable mixed-income green housing units to the St George neighborhood of Staten Island.
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Gibb, Kenneth. "Delivering new affordable housing in the age of austerity: housing policy in Scotland." International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 4, no. 4 (2011): 357–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17538271111172157.
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Pearson-Merkowitz, Shanna, and Corey Lang. "Smart Growth at the Ballot Box: Understanding Voting on Affordable Housing and Land Management Referendums." Urban Affairs Review 56, no. 6 (2019): 1848–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078087419861430.
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This study investigates voter decision-making on two smart-growth components: land preservation and affordable housing. We seek to understand how voters make concurrent decisions about unpaired smart-growth components at the ballot box. Previous studies of smart growth, affordable housing, and environmental preservation have focused primarily on describing the attitudes and traits of voters on these policies, utilize aggregate voting outcomes, or are case studies of single towns in which there is a fairly homogenous group of residents either supporting or opposing the policy. We draw on a unique data set to investigate the different covariates of attitudes for environmental preservation and affordable housing: an exit poll of voters in the 2016 Rhode Island General Election on bond referendums for environmental preservation and affordable housing. We find that the coalition for smart growth that includes both land preservation and affordable housing is undermined by views of minorities and the poor as undeserving.
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Litovtseva, V., and M. Brychko. "FINANCING HOUSING PROGRAMMES AND ITS ROLE IN ENHANCING TRUST IN GOVERNMENT." Vìsnik Sumsʹkogo deržavnogo unìversitetu 2022, no. 2 (2022): 121–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.21272/1817-9215.2022.2-14.
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The democratic development of society has shown that the growth of the welfare of the overwhelming majority of the population through the implementation of effective social and economic policy in the country positively influences public attitude to the government and increases the level of trust in the public sector. A successful mechanism to address the social needs of citizens is the development of an affordable housing financing system for the population. The purpose of the study is to analyze the state of affordable housing financing in Ukraine and determine its relationship to trust in the public sector. The article examines the use of state-administrative mechanisms for realizing the housing rights of Ukrainian citizens. Analysis of the current state of implementation of affordable housing programs is proposed, considering the size of mortgage payments and the volume of housing financing. The analysis highlighted the existence of a housing crisis in Ukrainian society as a result of the extremely low level of funding for the sector. The study provides a comparative analysis of the housing affordability index and the level of trust in government in Europe, according to the Global Value Survey. This has helped determine the place of social housing policy in the system of trust relationships between government, local governments and citizens. According to the sociological monitoring platforms, a dynamic analysis of the balance of trust-distrust of the population of Ukraine to the state apparatus and local government bodies was conducted. Based on a comprehensive and critical assessment of the leading affordable housing programs in the country and trust indicators, this study found that the distribution of powers, incentives, responsibilities, and budget funds within the framework of the decentralization process between the central government and local authorities, contribute to the achievement of the main goals of the state's social policy regarding affordable housing, which positively affects the level of citizens trust in local authorities. As a result, it was determined that during periods of economic and political uncertainty, financing of affordable housing is quite important, because due to such actions the state reduces the level of uncertainty, forms positive expectations of citizens, promotes the increase of stability and trust necessary for sustainable economic and social recovery.
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Brysch, Sara. "Reinterpreting Existenzminimum in Contemporary Affordable Housing Solutions." Urban Planning 4, no. 3 (2019): 326–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/up.v4i3.2121.
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During the housing crisis of the 1920s, the German concept Existenzminimum (minimum dwelling) was developed and applied to the construction of public social housing. It was considered a design laboratory, where research, design, and experimentation would focus on a unique goal: create a space-efficient affordable housing typology, based on minimum quality standards. Empirical evidence indicates a renewed interest in alternative design solutions and minimum dwelling approaches over the last decade: examples include micro-housing solutions and collaborative housing models. This is due to the current affordable crisis and the increasing trend of urbanisation. However, little is known about the current interpretation of Existenzminimum. What does the concept entail today and how has it developed? This article investigates if and how Existenzminimum is currently applied: first, it unfolds the core design principles of the original Existenzminimum. Then, these principles are used to assess if and how existing affordable or low-cost housing approaches are current (re)interpretations of the concept. Finally, the article proposes a definition for a contemporary Existenzminimum, arguing that a better understanding and awareness of the concept can help urban planners, designers, policy-makers and citizens in developing alternative affordable housing solutions.
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Nam, Won-Seok. "The Restructuring of Affordable Housing Policy in England - Policy Directions and Characteristics -." Journal of the Korean Housing Association 33, no. 4 (2022): 35–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.6107/jkha.2022.33.4.035.
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Friedman, Rachel, and Gillad Rosen. "The face of affordable housing in a neoliberal paradigm." Urban Studies 57, no. 5 (2019): 959–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098018818967.
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This article makes borrowed use of the ‘paradigm shift’ concept to explain the development and culmination of Israel’s neoliberal housing transformation. Using a mixed-method approach based chiefly on 60 interviews conducted with key players in Israel’s housing industry, we examine how a shift in authority over housing policy promoted two central ideas that reshaped the housing arena and urban space. We explore how these themes, specifically, construing housing in-affordability as a supply issue and defining its beneficiaries as the middle class, shaped key affordable housing mechanisms. These mechanisms include increasing the supply of general housing, small-size housing units and rentals. We also identify a parallel paradigm – a shadow paradigm – alongside the reigning neoliberal paradigm that is used as an intervention mechanism in times of crisis or during windows of opportunity. We demonstrate how the shadow paradigm addresses housing needs that cannot be met within the governing paradigm, for example, through the buyer’s price programme.
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Shah, Mona N., Emma Mulliner, T. P. Singh, and Arun K. Ahuja. "CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING: EVIDENCE FROM LOWER-MIDDLE INCOME AND HIGH-INCOME ECONOMIES." Journal of Surveying, Construction & Property 13, no. 1 (2022): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.22452/jscp.vol13no1.1.
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The provision of affordable housing is a pressing challenge that exists around the globe. Successful completion of affordable housing projects is, therefore, of great significance in both developed and developing countries. The primary objective of this paper is to identify the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for affordable housing projects. To achieve this a comprehensive review of international literature is conducted to identify relevant factors. Nine groups of CSFs were formed, namely: Policy and government support; Land and planning process; Role of Financial Institutions and funding aspects; Sustainability; Designing and materials selection; Approvals, procedures, and clearances; Project management and value engineering; Infrastructure development of Project; and Facility Management. Subsequently, a survey is conducted with experts in India in order to validate and rank the criticality of the identified success factors in the Indian context. Expert rankings are provided for a range of affordable housing products. The results indicate that ‘policy and government support’, ‘land and planning process’, ‘role of financial institutions and funding aspects’ and ‘approvals, procedures and clearances’ are generally the top four CSFs for affordable housing projects. However, the results also indicate that importance of the CSFs was found to vary across different housing products (social, public, and private housing and rental and ownership models). A secondary objective of this paper is to identify differences in approaches to the implementation of the established CSFs in practice. The paper presents a case study comparison between India (a lower-middle income country) and the UK (a high income developed country). Pune in India and London in the UK are compared to determine how well countries of different income levels are achieving the established CSFs. Results suggests a variation in the local contexts in the delivery of successful affordable housing and it is found that developed countries are better at government support and policies, land planning, and incentives to developers for affordable housing delivery.
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Granath Hansson, Anna. "Inclusionary housing policies in Gothenburg, Sweden, and Stuttgart, Germany." Nordic Journal of Surveying and Real Estate Research 14, no. 1 (2019): 7–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.30672/njsr.75140.
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Affordable housing shortage and concerns about social and income segregation have become a focal point of housing policy debate in many Western countries, and inclusionary housing policies (IH) have become widespread. IH is a term that summarizes municipal ambitions to spur the inclusion of affordable housing in otherwise market-rate projects through development restrictions. This article investigates IH policy objectives and outcomes of policies applied by the German city of Stuttgart and a Swedish pilot project in the city of Gothenburg.
 Although IH policies in the two countries generally have very similar objectives and incentive structures, underlying slow-moving institutions decide fundamental traits of the fast-moving institution of IH. In the Swedish case, allocation methods of low-rent apartments under the unitary housing system might prevent targeted polices such as IH from functioning as intended. In the German case, IH is integrated into the existing social and affordable housing system. Therefore its social objectives are not contested, although the limitation of private property rights and the incentive structures of developers are bound to be discussed.
 Irrespective of the housing system, the extent of public land ownership might also be a decisive factor in whether to implement IH policies or not. In Stuttgart, where public land ownership is limited, IH policies might be an effective way to produce affordable housing, as alternatives, including finding inexpensive land for public production, are limited. As Gothenburg municipality owns most of the land available for housing development, has a planning monopoly and public housing companies with good financial standing, it might find other, quicker and possibly less costly, ways to develop affordable housing than applying IH, especially if it is implemented mainly through public investors.
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Hananel, Ravit. "From central to marginal: The trajectory of Israel’s public-housing policy." Urban Studies 54, no. 11 (2016): 2432–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098016649323.
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Over the past decade, in the wake of the global housing crisis, many countries have again turned to public housing to increase the supply of affordable housing for disadvantaged residents. Because the literature and past experience have generally shown public-housing policies to be contrary to the urban-diversity approach, many countries are reshaping their policies and focusing on a mix of people and of land uses. In this context, the Israeli case is particularly interesting. In Israel, as in many other countries (such as Germany and England), there was greater urban diversity in public-housing construction during the 1950s and 1960s (following the state’s establishment in 1948). However, at the beginning of the new millennium, when many countries began to realise the need for change and started reshaping their public-housing policies in light of the urban-diversity approach, Israel responded differently. In this study I use urban diversity’s main principles – the mix of population and land uses – to examine the trajectory of public-housing policy in Israel from a central housing policy to a marginal one. The findings and the lessons derived from the Israeli case are relevant to a variety of current affordable-housing developments in many places.