Assessing Sustainability Level From Social Aspects for Affordable Housing in Malaysia Using Spatial Indicators

Abstract

Abstract. Affordable housing was developed in order to give equal opportunity for middle and low-incomers in owning a house, especially in Malaysia. To make sure that these people can have a quality house, the National Housing Policy (DRN) with Pelan Tindakan DRN has been introduced by the Malaysian Government to not only provide adequate housing, but also a comfortable, fun and affordable for the wellbeing of the people in Malaysia (KPKT, 2011). Therefore, sustainability for housing is important to achieve balance between economic development, social interactions and environmental impact by reducing the problems related to population growth, urbanisation, slums, poverty, climate change, lack of access to sustainable energy, and economic uncertainty. One of the goals in DRN and Pelan Tindakan Dasar Perumahan Negara (PTDRN) is to provide an affordable housing and ensure the people from low-income can own a house. However, there is an issue towards assessing the sustainability level of affordable housing, especially in social aspects. This study will discuss on sustainability of affordable housing in Malaysia focused on social aspects. Assessment of spatial indicators was conducted to assess the indicator's implementation of social aspect of the sustainability model. The indicators used in this study include public community facilities, health, safety, religion, and public transportation. These indicators will determine the level of sustainability of the affordable housing. From the results, most of the affordable housing in Malaysia is in intermediate level of sustainability in term of social aspects. These results can help/guide the Government in planning and development in the future, especially with collaboration from private agencies and non-government organization (NGO).

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design for Low-Income Residents (B40) in Sabah, Malaysia

“…residences. Previously, the majority of studies adopted CPTED assessment at parks (Hafidzi et al, 2019;Rozhan & Mohd Yunos, 2019;Thani et al, 2016). Second, this study assessed the associations between various PPR environmental conditions and QoL.…”

“…Previous studies indicate that elements of the neighbourhood such as safety from crimes are positively linked with residential satisfaction (Hafidzi et al, 2019). On the other hand, a study of the community of Nanhuan and Daoqian emphasised that the satisfaction of residents towards the facilities such as property management, unrestricted space mobility, and demand for various facilities and recreation spaces were the most prominent elements to improve residents' satisfaction for seeking their QoL (Chen et al, 2020).…”

“…In the Malaysian context, the Malaysian National Housing Policy has reaffirmed the importance of quality as one of the features in any new housing developments (Ezeanya, 2020). Unfortunately, previous studies have dealt with housing provision and affordable housing (Hafidzi et al, 2019;Liu & Ong, 2021), but there has not been as much research done on housing quality (Ali, 2018).…”