..., the author believes that findings of the current study would be highly beneficial to planning the affordable housing in other parts of Mazandaran province for low to medium income families in the future. Some of the Mehr housing complexes examined in the current study are shown in Figure 2 . Figure 1...

...T H Tan; H. K. Samihah; S. N. Phang Affordable housing has become an important issue with the greatest need being in urban centres. Currently, an increase in urban population growth is higher than the supply of affordable housing, and this has resulted in a severe shortage of affordable housing...

... variously pursued several programs and interventionsdirected at addressing the country's housing challenges including housing loan schemes in the colonial era to affordable housing projects in the 2000s. Notwithstanding, access to adequate housing for the low to middle-income groups still remains unresolved...

...Wenbo Qin; Antonio Sánchez Soliño; Vicente Alcaraz Carrillo de Albornoz Though China is taking many steps to offer affordable houses to the public, the gap between the demand and supply for such affordable houses is still huge. Rapidly growing demand for affordable housing has encouraged large...

...Florian Wiedmann; Ashraf M. Salama; Hatem G. Ibrahim The recent construction boom has led to new urban development dynamics in Gulf cities driven by real-estate speculations and large infrastructure investments. While in the past affordable housing for medium income migrants and their families...

...Afaq Hyder Chohan; Adi Irfan; Jihad Awad This research has been conducted to determine the design quality indicators and parameters for affordable housing in Karachi Pakistan. The absence of quality in Karachi housing resulted from various factors ranging from policy failure, violation of bylaws...

... Lumpur, Malaysia, this study attempts to discuss the cloud of issues related to different homeownership schemes available for first-time homebuyers. Results suggest that affordable housing should be made available at the price and locations that can be accepted by first-time homeowners. In line...

... in urban area which resulted to the location of affordable houses inconvenient. From the assessment, majority of the YWH agree with the new housing schemes. However there are weaknesses such as high land prices and absence of financial literacy. In conclusion, housing schemes should also consider financial...

...Miray Gür; Neslihan Dostoğlu Affordable housing policies in Turkey have reached a new stage over the last decade in the context of the TOKİ model advocated by the government. Housing developed by TOKİ (the Public Housing Administration), the top official agency responsible for affordable housing...

...Ashraf M. Salama The aim of this paper is to present an approach for comprehending affordable housing. The approach is based on a new paradigm of research: trans-disciplinarity; a form of inquiry that crosses the boundaries of different disciplines. An argument on the impact of trans-disciplinary...

... more appropriate and affordable. © 2011 Open House International 2011 Licensed re-use rights only. Affordable Housing Activity Systems Dwelling Functional Opportunities Lifestyle ToWarDs aFForDaBiliTY: MaXiMisinG Use ValUe in loW-incoMe hoUsinG open house international Vol.36 No.3...

... for the maximum number of people at minimum cost is seemingly justified with the quite restricted budget of governments of developing countries. Affordable Housing Squatter Housing User Preferences User Lifestyles open house international Vol.36 No.3, September 2011 Squatter Housing as a Model...

...Jallaludeen Muazu; Derya Oktay This paper aims to determine the challenges and prospects for affordable housing within the context of sustainability by investigating the socio-economic and environmental impacts of housing developments based on the analysis of four so-called affordable housing...

...Ebru Cubukcu This study applied Salama's (2006, 2007) framework for affordable housing research and compared house and neighborhood satisfaction and future house aspirations of low income residents' who are dwelling in two different types of affordable houses; social houses and gecekondus in Izmir...