Spatial Variations of Resident Satisfaction of Subsidized Housing in Boja District, Indonesia

Abstract

The lack of subsidized housing facilities and infrastructure in the internal area is that the quality of clean water is not good because the water is cloudy. Meanwhile, many occupants make use of facilities and infrastructure outside the area. However, not all facilities outside the area are beneficial to residents in subsidized housing. outside the housing makes residents uncomfortable. One of the subsidized housings in Boja District, Kendal Regency, which is located on the border with Semarang City, is not accessible by public transportation and around the housing area there are chicken farms which produce waste and smell bad. The purpose of this study was to assess residents’ satisfaction with subsidized housing in the district. Boja. The approach used in this study is a quantitative approach method with quantitative descriptive analysis techniques by means of observation and distributing questionnaires to respondents. Respondents are residents of subsidized housing with a sample of 100 households (heads of households). The output of the research results is that 15% of residents are dissatisfied with the external environment of subsidized housing, namely the aspects of accessibility and air pollution. Residents are quite satisfied with aspects of the quality of house construction, facilities and infrastructure by 85%. Satisfaction of residents of subsidized housing in Boja District in this study was influenced by external factors that existed when the occupants bought and inhabited the housing. Ownership status is the most important basic need for residents to feel safe, even though the external environment is not comfortable.