Assessment of transportation expenditure in affordability measurement of rental low-cost housing schemes in Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory, Malaysia. / Zaharah Mohd Yusoff

Low-cost housing development schemes have given good opportunities for poor families to own or rent a house. Many programmes were undertaken by the government of Malaysia to house lower-income families since the colonial period before Malaysia’s Independence in 1957. The emphasis on providing low-co...

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Main Author: Mohd Yusoff, Zaharah
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2012
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spelling uitm-191822018-06-12T01:26:21Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19182/ Assessment of transportation expenditure in affordability measurement of rental low-cost housing schemes in Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory, Malaysia. / Zaharah Mohd Yusoff Mohd Yusoff, Zaharah Malaysia Low-cost housing development schemes have given good opportunities for poor families to own or rent a house. Many programmes were undertaken by the government of Malaysia to house lower-income families since the colonial period before Malaysia’s Independence in 1957. The emphasis on providing low-cost housing was put as a main agenda item in the First to Ninth Malaysia Plans (1966-2010). It was developed by joint-venture programmes between public and private agencies through policy enforcement. Lately, there are a growing number of researchers worldwide discussing another issue of living; that is the increase of transportation costs. This new phenomenon has caused people to re-evaluate what true affordability means. The earlier income-based method for identifying lower-income families is no longer practical in the current economic situation and an improved method is needed. Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2012 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19182/1/ABS_ZAHARAH%20MOHD%20YUSOFF%20TDRA%20VOL%202%20IGS%2012.pdf Mohd Yusoff, Zaharah (2012) Assessment of transportation expenditure in affordability measurement of rental low-cost housing schemes in Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory, Malaysia. / Zaharah Mohd Yusoff. In: The Doctoral Research Abstracts. IPSis Biannual Publication, 2 (2). Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM, Shah Alam.
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Assessment of transportation expenditure in affordability measurement of rental low-cost housing schemes in Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory, Malaysia. / Zaharah Mohd Yusoff
description Low-cost housing development schemes have given good opportunities for poor families to own or rent a house. Many programmes were undertaken by the government of Malaysia to house lower-income families since the colonial period before Malaysia’s Independence in 1957. The emphasis on providing low-cost housing was put as a main agenda item in the First to Ninth Malaysia Plans (1966-2010). It was developed by joint-venture programmes between public and private agencies through policy enforcement. Lately, there are a growing number of researchers worldwide discussing another issue of living; that is the increase of transportation costs. This new phenomenon has caused people to re-evaluate what true affordability means. The earlier income-based method for identifying lower-income families is no longer practical in the current economic situation and an improved method is needed.
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author Mohd Yusoff, Zaharah
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title Assessment of transportation expenditure in affordability measurement of rental low-cost housing schemes in Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory, Malaysia. / Zaharah Mohd Yusoff
title_short Assessment of transportation expenditure in affordability measurement of rental low-cost housing schemes in Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory, Malaysia. / Zaharah Mohd Yusoff
title_full Assessment of transportation expenditure in affordability measurement of rental low-cost housing schemes in Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory, Malaysia. / Zaharah Mohd Yusoff
title_fullStr Assessment of transportation expenditure in affordability measurement of rental low-cost housing schemes in Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory, Malaysia. / Zaharah Mohd Yusoff
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of transportation expenditure in affordability measurement of rental low-cost housing schemes in Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory, Malaysia. / Zaharah Mohd Yusoff
title_sort assessment of transportation expenditure in affordability measurement of rental low-cost housing schemes in kuala lumpur federal territory, malaysia. / zaharah mohd yusoff
publisher Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM
publishDate 2012
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19182/
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