In a broad-spectrum, housing affordability issue is interrelated to young professional's well-being. However, this paper deliberated on young professional's housing preference in affordability context by taking into account some attributes of housing preference criteria. Data was obtained through questionnaire survey among 50 respondents aged between 25 and 35 years old and working in various professional fields in Kuala Lumpur. Descriptive analyses were then undertaken on the data from the survey. The study found that security criterion is the highest priority in housing preferences among the respondents. Having Wi-Fi is the second most important criterion. Additionally, this paper also provides a conceptual review on the Means-End Chain model.

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The spread of COVID-19 has drastically changed the community's norms or lifestyles, including public or private servants working from home (WFH). WFH also occurs among staff at the school and university. All students and educators were encouraged to continue their teaching and learning sessions online. The lecturers had to continue teaching and learning (T&L) at the university level via e-learning or electronic learning, including calculation courses such as statistics. At UUM, the ‘Statistics for Social Science’ course is one of the courses offered for social science students, and it is a compulsory subject. Most students have studied statistics courses in high school, and some are not interested in the calculation course, particularly when it becomes a compulsory course at the university level. University management introduced various methods to ensure the lecturers and students can fulfil their roles in teaching and learning. Therefore, universities introduced DITL through online workshops and training for lecturers and students. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of DITL on students of the 'Statistics for Social Sciences' course during COVID-19. The methods used are descriptive statistics, Pearson correlations, and regression analysis. The results were found moderately effective based on a mean score of 3.53. The Pearson correlation results show a positive and significant relationship between Course Delivery (lecturers’ delivery, course assessment, and course content) and DITL. The descriptive analysis result of DITL confirms the results. Based on the result of simple regression analysis, it shows that Internet Speed affects the DITL and H null failure to accept. In conclusion, DITL can be continued during the COVID-19 pandemic as it aligns with the advancement of information and communication technology (ICT). Therefore, ICT in teaching and learning has been implemented as well as possible, even during COVID-19.

Underprivileged young professionals in housing affordability are prone to an adverse effect on their well-being. This article empirically examines housing affordability among young professionals aged between 25 and 35 years old who work or live in Klang Valley. Young professionals in this paper refer to young graduates with at least a Bachelor’s degree and are registered to professional institutions such as the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM), Malaysian Institute of Architects (MIA), Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP), and Royal Institution of Surveyor Malaysia (RISM). The aim of this study is to measure housing affordability based on residual income approach and to identify the attribute that affects young professionals’ housing affordability. Adequacy of household income for monthly mortgage or rent as well as other non-housing goods is reflecting for housing affordability. Attributes namely occupation, the presence of children, household expenditure, transportation cost, vehicle instalment, education loan, and household income are analysed by using binary logistic regression. 264 respondents who are either a homeowner, tenant, or parental home resident were selected by using simple random sampling. The survey data were collected through the professional institutions respectively. The study found that only presence of children, occupation of urban planner and education loan III (not taking a loan) were insignificant to the model.

Affordability of housing has been a hot topic among various socioeconomic groups. Surprisingly, given the current situation, the majority of the young generation is negatively affected by this stressful issue. This study, therefore, focuses on young professional groups from the built environment profession, namely, the engineer, architect, urban planner, and quantity surveyor. These professional groups also earn an income between B40, M40 and T20. Two research objectives were composed in this study: (1) To measure the monthly affordable housing cost and (2) To define affordable housing types by different household income groups amongst young professional based on the residual income model (RIM), which is used to measure housing affordability. The surveys were distributed amongst 341 respondents selected through stratified random sampling. The findings have revealed that B40 can only bear a monthly housing’ costs not exceeding MYR 728, followed by M40 and T20 around MYR 2503 and MYR 6159, respectively. Hence, the B40 group had lesser house option types, i.e., around ten house types compared to M40 and T20.