Evaluating the Satisfaction Rate in Affordable Housing Case Study: Ardabil Mehr Housing in Ardabil Province of Iran

Abstract

Journal of Architectural Engineering Technology AbstractProviding appropriate housing for the people is one of the responsibilities of the governments such as Islamic republic of Iran government. In recent years the government decided to implement the mass housing for low-income households, that this project was called "Mehr housing". The aim of current research was evaluation the satisfaction rate of Mehr housing residents in Ardabil city, northwest of Iran. Heads of 120 household residents of Ardabil Mehr housing were selected randomly and asked some questions about characteristics of households and level and general aspects of satisfaction according Van Poll's model and social factors. Residents were generally dissatisfied with the most of surveyed indicators such as cultural status, housing cooperatives function, Maskan bank function, accessing to city center, lacking facilities out of unit, lacking area for vehicle parking and costs issue. Majority of the households stated that their housing problem has not been resolved by the Mehr housing. In contrast, good quality of internal conditions, security of complex building open space and social participating of residents were reported as the main advantages of the sites.

Evaluating the satisfaction rate for affordable housing in non-gated residential area (NGR): the case of Al-Sharq housing project in Zarqa-Jordan

“…Overall, it is clear that residents at Al-Sharq are never satisfied with the current conditions or features in their residential areas. Therefore, the findings of this study support past research findings (Karimzadeh et al, 2015;Mohit and Al-Khanbashi, 2014;Azemati, Pourbagher and Rostami, 2017), which found that the demands of low and medium-income residents in non-gated residential areas have not been met and that residents are not satisfied with their affordable houses. However, the study findings contrast with those of Karimzadeh et al (2015), which concluded that there are no resident problems within the affordable housing in NGR.…”

Residential satisfaction with affordable housing in northern Iran

“…In this case, various studies reported that residents of Mehr housing complexes dissatisfied with economic aspects (e.g. purchase cost and mortgage payments of the complex), poor access to land uses including shopping, educational, health, recreational centers and public transportation stations (Rezaei and Kamaizadeh, 2012;Pourdehimi, 2011;Shahriari et al, 2014;Azizi and Rahmani, 2014;Jahanshahloo and Daroudi, 2015;Noori and Asadpoor, 2016;Azemati et al, 2017;Zanganeh Shahraki et al, 2020). In contrast, the results of the study conducted by Daroudi et al (2015) illustrated that residents were relatively satisfied with adequate access to land uses and municipal service of Mehr housing complex in Hashtgerd (a small city in Alborz province located in the west of Tehran which is capital city of Iran).…”

“…purchase cost and mortgage payments of the complex), poor access to land uses including shopping, educational, health, recreational centers and public transportation stations (Rezaei and Kamaizadeh, 2012; Pourdehimi, 2011; Shahriari et al. , 2014; Azizi and Rahmani, 2014; Jahanshahloo and Daroudi, 2015; Noori and Asadpoor, 2016; Azemati et al. , 2017; Zanganeh Shahraki et al.…”

Investigation of the Effects of Applying Social Sustainability Components on Residential Satisfaction

“…A group of researchers has investigated residential satisfaction at the scale of urban apartments to residential complexes (Zabihi, Habib, & Rahbarimanesh, 2011;Abbaszadeh, Gohari, & Askari Rabori, 2017). Another group has examined this concept at the neighborhood or urban scale (Dekker, de Vos, Musterd, & van Kempen, 2011;Azemati, Pourbagher, & Rostami, 2017). Moreover, another group has examined this concept on the scale of urban geography (Theodori, 2001).…”