Factors affecting the ownership of low-cost housing For socio-economic development in Malaysia

Malaysian government has a special commitment to provide the adequate, affordable housing and quality to all income levels, particularly for low-income group. Over the recent years, Malaysian property market was not balance in terms of supply and demand, where the demand is exceeding supply especial...

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Main Authors: Mohd-Rahim, Faizul Azli, Zainon, Nurshuhada, Sulaiman, Syazwanie, Lou, Eric, Zulkifli, Nurul Hidayah, Ayob, Mohd Fairullazi
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Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia & Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia 2019
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spelling iium-710392019-07-12T07:33:06Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/71039/ Factors affecting the ownership of low-cost housing For socio-economic development in Malaysia Mohd-Rahim, Faizul Azli Zainon, Nurshuhada Sulaiman, Syazwanie Lou, Eric Zulkifli, Nurul Hidayah Ayob, Mohd Fairullazi HB221 Price HT Communities. Classes. Races HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology TH Building construction TX Home economics TX301 The house TX955 Building operation and maintenance Malaysian government has a special commitment to provide the adequate, affordable housing and quality to all income levels, particularly for low-income group. Over the recent years, Malaysian property market was not balance in terms of supply and demand, where the demand is exceeding supply especially for low-cost housing. However, high demand for housing in urban areas could affect the homeownership issue for low-income group. The first objective of this paper is to study the relationship between household income and housing affordability. Besides, the second objective is to examine housing satisfaction level by the residents focusing on the public low-cost flats under the supervision of Kuala Lumpur City Hall. A survey has been carried out using questionnaires distributed to 500 residents of the three-low-cost housing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The finding contributes to an establishment of a strategy to improve homeownership of the low-income earners to own PPR house. This study is recommended that more effort should be taken by the government to improve quality of house to ensure the better life of low-income population in the current PPR flats. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia & Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/71039/1/280-1307-1-PB.pdf Mohd-Rahim, Faizul Azli and Zainon, Nurshuhada and Sulaiman, Syazwanie and Lou, Eric and Zulkifli, Nurul Hidayah and Ayob, Mohd Fairullazi (2019) Factors affecting the ownership of low-cost housing For socio-economic development in Malaysia. Journal of Building Performance, 10 (1). pp. 1-16. ISSN 2180-2106 http://spaj.ukm.my/jsb/index.php/jbp/article/view/280/pdf_1
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topic HB221 Price
HT Communities. Classes. Races
HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
TH Building construction
TX Home economics
TX301 The house
TX955 Building operation and maintenance
spellingShingle HB221 Price
HT Communities. Classes. Races
HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
TH Building construction
TX Home economics
TX301 The house
TX955 Building operation and maintenance
Mohd-Rahim, Faizul Azli
Zainon, Nurshuhada
Sulaiman, Syazwanie
Lou, Eric
Zulkifli, Nurul Hidayah
Ayob, Mohd Fairullazi
Factors affecting the ownership of low-cost housing For socio-economic development in Malaysia
description Malaysian government has a special commitment to provide the adequate, affordable housing and quality to all income levels, particularly for low-income group. Over the recent years, Malaysian property market was not balance in terms of supply and demand, where the demand is exceeding supply especially for low-cost housing. However, high demand for housing in urban areas could affect the homeownership issue for low-income group. The first objective of this paper is to study the relationship between household income and housing affordability. Besides, the second objective is to examine housing satisfaction level by the residents focusing on the public low-cost flats under the supervision of Kuala Lumpur City Hall. A survey has been carried out using questionnaires distributed to 500 residents of the three-low-cost housing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The finding contributes to an establishment of a strategy to improve homeownership of the low-income earners to own PPR house. This study is recommended that more effort should be taken by the government to improve quality of house to ensure the better life of low-income population in the current PPR flats.
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author Mohd-Rahim, Faizul Azli
Zainon, Nurshuhada
Sulaiman, Syazwanie
Lou, Eric
Zulkifli, Nurul Hidayah
Ayob, Mohd Fairullazi
author_facet Mohd-Rahim, Faizul Azli
Zainon, Nurshuhada
Sulaiman, Syazwanie
Lou, Eric
Zulkifli, Nurul Hidayah
Ayob, Mohd Fairullazi
author_sort Mohd-Rahim, Faizul Azli
title Factors affecting the ownership of low-cost housing For socio-economic development in Malaysia
title_short Factors affecting the ownership of low-cost housing For socio-economic development in Malaysia
title_full Factors affecting the ownership of low-cost housing For socio-economic development in Malaysia
title_fullStr Factors affecting the ownership of low-cost housing For socio-economic development in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Factors affecting the ownership of low-cost housing For socio-economic development in Malaysia
title_sort factors affecting the ownership of low-cost housing for socio-economic development in malaysia
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia & Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia
publishDate 2019
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/71039/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/71039/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/71039/1/280-1307-1-PB.pdf
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