Housing satisfaction and quality of life in RDP houses in Braamfischerville, Soweto: A South African case study

Moolla, Raeesa; Kotzé, Nico; Block, Liz

doi:10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2011-22-01-005

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“…Therefore, many countries have moved toward adopting a housing policy that integrates developmental services within their housing projects. Within a social security framework (Navarro, Iglesias, & Torres, 2010), housing projects became concerned about setting standards for quality housing (Besharov, 2008), engaging families in the process of design (Moolla, Kotze, & Block, 2011), and expanding the services that relate to public housing projects (Muhammad, Rostam, & Yousef, 2010;Seongyeon, & Christine, 2009). Bowie (2007) presented a number of services from which families in public housing can benefit, including education/job training, child care, drug and alcohol prevention, parent training and family support, youth recreation and sports, and children's afterschool programs.…”

Section: Public Housing and Family Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

Families’ Satisfaction With Public Housing in Saudi Arabia and Its Effect on the Quality of Their Lives

Soliman

Alzamil

Alsharqawi

et al. 2015

Journal of Social Service Research

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This study examined the impact of participating in social services programs designed for families who reside in supportive housing on their overall quality of life. A random sample of 300 households from a total of 1,400 families who reside in the Prince Salman Housing Program (PSHP) in Saudi Arabia were selected. PSHP provides a number of services such as job training, education, and micro-credit training. The following 6 independent variables were examined using 1 dependent variable, "quality of life": challenge to family functioning, family communication, communication with organization, perception of social services, family resources, and housing equipments. Overall findings showed statistical significance between communication with organizations and perception of services as these variables influence the overall quality of life among participating families. Future research should continue to assess the overall impact of participation in social services programs on families who reside in supportive housing projects.

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Section: Public Housing and Family Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

Families’ Satisfaction With Public Housing in Saudi Arabia and Its Effect on the Quality of Their Lives

Soliman

Alzamil

Alsharqawi

et al. 2015

Journal of Social Service Research

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“…Much evidence shows that building quality is positively correlated with occupants' satisfaction and quality of life (e.g., Moolla et al, 2011;Huston & Li, 2013;Sendi, 2013;Shrestha, 2013;Aigbavboa & Thwala, 2014;Tsenkova, 2014). In fact, building quality has been regarded as an important determinant of property value.…”

Section: Building Quality As a Determinant Of Property Valuementioning

confidence: 99%

The value of building safety: A hedonic price approach

Yau¹

2015

Urbani izziv

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Theoretical and empirical studies on how building performance is valued by the property market abound in the literature. Some of them investigate changes in property prices after building renovation, but little has been done on pricing the safety performance of buildings. This article presents a study that explores whether residential properties in safer buildings command higher market values in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a good laboratory for this study because building failures can pose a serious threat in such a densely populated high-rise environment. The study measures the safety performance of a building by the weighted number of unauthorised building works (UBWs) on the external walls of the buildings.By their nature, UBWs are building works that are constructed without prior approval and consent from the government. A hedonic price model is developed to assess the market value of building safety. For the model estimation, apart from the property transaction data, the number of unauthorised appendages (i.e., UBWs attached to the building facades) in each building studied is obtained through a building survey. Based on the analysis results, several hypotheses built upon the theories of selfprotection and self-insurance are tested.

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“…Factors such as high and rising costs of ownership, inability to apply for subsidised housing, irregular and low income have limited access to formal housing by the urban poor. This lack of access is also due, in part, to the lack of formal housing stock at the lower end of the property market (Moolla et al, 2011;Arku et al, 2012). This shortage of formal housing stock is found for both home ownership and within the rental market (Fekade, 2000).…”

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confidence: 99%

Renting shacks: Landlords and tenants in the informal housing sector in Johannesburg South Africa

Gunter¹

2014

Urbani izziv

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Renting is a common form of tenure in many developing countries in the global south. This is due to a housing shortage in these countries and has led to a situation where the vast majority of individuals in major cities find accommodation in the rental market. This situation can be put down to the difficulty to entering the market as a homeowner. While this condition is found in much of the formal housing market in the global south, little has been explored in the informal housing market. This state of affairs has pushed many residence in informal settlements into the rental market. This paper examines the rental market in informal settlements in Johannesburg, South Africa by conducting a qualitative investigation into the experiences of landlords (n = 11) and tenants (n = 15) in three informal settlements in Johannesburg. Overall, there is an asymmetric relationship between the two actors within this market, with the perception that landlords, who view their role as noble provider, impose arbitrary rental terms on tenants in an illegal tenancy market.

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Housing satisfaction and quality of life in RDP houses in Braamfischerville, Soweto: A South African case study

Cited by 53 publications

References 4 publications

Families’ Satisfaction With Public Housing in Saudi Arabia and Its Effect on the Quality of Their Lives

Families’ Satisfaction With Public Housing in Saudi Arabia and Its Effect on the Quality of Their Lives

The value of building safety: A hedonic price approach

Renting shacks: Landlords and tenants in the informal housing sector in Johannesburg South Africa

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