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Yung, Betty, and Alex Chan. "Third sector housing in 21st-century Hong Kong: opportunities and challenges1." Voluntary Sector Review 11, no. 3 (November 1, 2020): 337–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/204080520x15822993627366.
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Hong Kong has a large public housing sector that shows strong resilience. Given the approximate half‐half public‐private housing divide in Hong Kong, officials, housing advocates and the general public envisage housing provision, problems and remedies within the ‘rigid’ framework of private and public housing. Social innovation examples of third sector housing as start-ups in ‘social housing’ have emerged in the early 21st century in Hong Kong, thereby forming a ‘new’ model in housing delivery amidst the public‐private binary housing market. This study focuses on the gap filled by third sector housing in Hong Kong through serving as a complement to the private and public housing sectors in meeting unsatisfied general housing needs and as a supplement to both sectors in catering for neglected specialist housing needs. The exact future trajectory of third sector housing development will highly depend on the synergy of different stakeholders in public, private and third sectors as well as the common citizens in its nurturance.
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Guevara, Porfirio, Robert Hill, and Michael Scholz. "Hedonic indexes for public and private housing in Costa Rica." International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 10, no. 1 (February 6, 2017): 140–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhma-02-2016-0014.
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Purpose This study aims to show how hedonic methods can be used to compare the performance of the public and private sector housing markets in Costa Rica. Design/methodology/approach Hedonic price indexes are computed using the adjacent-period method. Average housing quality is measured by comparing hedonic and median price indexes. The relative performance of the public and private sector residential construction is compared by estimating separate hedonic models for each sector. A private sector price is then imputed for each house built in the public sector, and a public sector price is imputed for each house built in the private sector. Findings The real quality-adjusted price of private housing rose by 12 per cent between 2000 and 2013, whereas the price of private housing rose by 9 per cent. The average quality of private housing rose by 45 per cent, whereas that of public housing fell by 18 per cent. Nevertheless, the hedonic imputation analysis reveals that public housing could not be produced more cheaply in the private sector. Social implications The quality of public housing has declined over time. The hedonic analysis shows that the decline is not because of a lack of competition between construction firms in the public sector. An alternative demand side explanation is provided. Originality/value This study applies hedonic methods in novel ways to compare the relative performance of the public and private housing sectors in Costa Rica. The results shed new light on the effectiveness of public sector housing programs.
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Bovaird, A., M. Harloe, and C. M. E. Whitehead. "Private Rented Housing: Its Current Role." Journal of Social Policy 14, no. 1 (January 1985): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047279400014239.
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AbstractIn this article, the first of two, the recent developments and current situation in the private rented sector are examined. Four roles for the sector are identified: housing those who traditionally lived in the sector, housing the young and mobile, providing accommodation with employment and acting as a tenure of last resort for those unable to find accommodation in the majority tenures. The types of household to be found in each sub-sector are described and their reasons for being in the sector and what they obtain are analysed. Different types of landlord are identified and their reasons for letting examined. The problems encountered by tenants and landlords in each sub-sector are described, leading to the conclusion that the private rented sector urgently requires considered and effective attention from policy makers.
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Adegoke, Samson Akinbamide Omobayo, and Tunde Agbola. "Housing Affordability and the Organized Private Sector Housing in Nigeria." Open Journal of Social Sciences 08, no. 04 (2020): 177–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jss.2020.84013.
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Indriliūnaitė, Rasa, and Apolonijus Žilys. "Risks Induced by Lithuanian Housing Policy for the Youth Living in the Private Rental Sector." Public Policy And Administration 17, no. 3 (October 29, 2018): 454–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ppaa.17.3.21958.
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Rapid expansion of welfare state model and persistent processes of housing sector commodification are corroding the stable social security net and transforming the structure of housing sector at the same time. The growing private rent sector becomes a desirable option for those households which struggle to acquire housing in private housing sector. Lithuanian private rent sector is a peculiar case because the rent segment is poorly regulated and the practice of informal rent is widely spread. Even the general official framework of Lithuanian housing policy considers private rent sector an economic activity, but not the residential one – the rent is legally treated as just a contract between the renter and the tenant. The study aims at showcasing the situation of Lithuanian youth (18–35 yr.) who rent housing units privately, and their attitudes towards private rent sector. The analysis presents the differences in socio-demographic features and value orientations among young tenants and home-owners. The article describes several profiles of young tenants: they usually live in more compact housing units and are more likely to be single or cohabitate with a partner and without any children. Important feature of Lithuanian private rent sector is a quite short residential period, and the fact that the majority of young tenants have not declared or registered rented housing unit as their primary place of residency. Young tenants are more anxious about their liability to the renter, but not about their rights as the tenants. More than one quarter of young tenants participate in informal housing rent sector, only about half of young tenants have legal contracts with renters. All these features of the private sector allow concluding about the rent sector’s ambivalence or existence of various levels of residential security for young tenants.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ppaa.17.3.21958
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Chisumbe, Sampa, Clinton Aigbavboa, Erastus Mwanaumo, and Wellington Thwala. "A Measurement Model for Stakeholders’ Participation in Urban Housing Development for Lusaka: A Neo-Liberal Perspective." Urban Science 6, no. 2 (May 24, 2022): 34. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/urbansci6020034.
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Development of urban housing requires participation of various stakeholders, from the state, private sector, and community to the civil society organizations. Cognizant of that fact, this research sought to establish the measurement model for stakeholders’ participation in an urban housing development from the neo-liberal perspective. The study employed a quantitative approach, in which a structured questionnaire containing 25 indicator variables identified from literature was administered to a total of 214 respondents drawn from key institutions involved in housing development and planning in Lusaka, Zambia. Data collected were analyzed through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) as well as confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), with goodness-of-fit based on a two-index strategy used in determining model acceptability. Results revealed that stakeholders’ participation is defined by seven variables, namely: private sector participation in the provision of affordable housing finance; private sector participation through construction of rent-to-buy housing; private sector participation through partnering in the provision of basic services; community participation in the develop of housing programs; the state facilitating access to affordable housing finance; the state stimulating private sector involvement in affordable housing provision; non-governmental organizations participation by coordinating the communities. The study outlines roles of various actors in housing development from a developing country’s perspective.
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Giti, Daniel Mutegi, Owiti A. K'Akumu, and Edwin Oyaro Ondieki. "Enhanced role of private sector through public private partnerships in low income urban housing in Kenya." Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction 25, no. 2 (June 6, 2020): 293–312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfmpc-07-2019-0057.
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Purpose Low income urban housing in Kenya is underdeveloped as a result of uninnovative financing, hence the many slums and informal settlements in the country, hence the need for enhanced participation of the private sector through application of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), which has been cited as one of the possible solutions. The purpose of this study was to investigate and make predictions of the need for enhanced role of private sector in developing low income urban housing in Kenya through PPPs. Design/methodology/approach Delphi method of research was used to forecast the enhanced role of private sector through PPPs in the development of low income urban housing in Kenya. Three rounds Delphi iterations using three panels of housing financiers (30 in number), housing developers (28 in number) and housing practitioners (30 in number) were used. Data was collected through questionnaires throughout the three rounds, where the first round was exploratory in nature, the second round built on answers from round one, while round three was based on answers from round two, after which the mean and standard deviation values were calculated to show the level of consensus. Findings Results showed that PPPs is one of the plausible ways through which low income urban housing in Kenya can be developed to address its shortage. Private sector in PPP transaction brings innovative technology, finance and efficiency, while government brings its assets such as land and other regulations long term contracts. Research limitations/implications The research was focussed on the Nairobi city county area in analysing the need for enhanced role of the private parties. It focussed on a panel of Housing practitioners-officers in the State Department for housing and Nairobi city county; housing financiers and housing developers, without interviewing the beneficiaries of the method. Practical implications It was, therefore, found out that PPPs models are applicable in developing low income urban housing because the country has the enabling environment for its effective application going forward. The implication of this study is that low income urban housing can be developed through the model. Social implications The slums and informal settlements will have adequate, affordable and quality housing being introduced within their neighbourhoods, which reduces political and societal animosities. Originality/value This research has benefited from published literature on PPPs and original research on PPPs.
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Aikivuori, Anne. "Periods and demand for private sector housing refurbishment." Construction Management and Economics 14, no. 1 (January 1996): 3–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01446199600000002.
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Watson, Sophie, and Lisa Coleman. "Housing, Demographic Change and the Private Rental Sector." Australian Journal of Social Issues 21, no. 1 (March 1986): 16–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1839-4655.1986.tb00811.x.
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Abd-Elkawy, Abeer Ahmed Mohamed. "Land Use Incentives for Real Estate Developers in Social Rental Housing Projects (Case study: Degla Gardens Project-October Gardens-Six October City)." Environmental Management and Sustainable Development 9, no. 1 (January 20, 2020): 83. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/emsd.v9i1.16247.
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Social rental housing projects have emerged since 2016 to cover the housing demand of low-income groups, but these projects need high cost that beyond the financial capacity of some governments. Therefore, the World Bank reports in 2014 and 2018 pointed to the importance of including the private sector in low-income housing projects as a real estate developer instead of the state. The contribution of private sector and his successful experience in this field help in reducing the government spending towards these projects and achieving high quality in their implementation. For these reasons, many countries at international level involved the private sector in construction of social housing units in exchange for a set of incentives, which vary widely from one country to another. These incentives are classified into two main groups, the first one is financial and administrative incentives such as providing free land or selling it at low price, besides taxes and financing facilities as applied in Brazil, China, Singapore and Thailand. The second group is new incentives which called Land use incentives such as land use kind, percentage of land exploitation, proposed density and land use regulation in the housing project as applied in the United States, Japan and France because the previous financing incentives are not enough to achieve an appropriate profit for investors.At the local level, the private sector participated in many low-income housing projects such as Youth Housing, National Housing and social housing projects during the period from 1996 until now. In which the Egyptian government provided him some incentives like low price land, payment facilities, tax cuts and allocation part of land for his investment projects in exchange for building number of housing units with an area of (63 m2) for low-income groups. On the other hand, real estate companies retreated from participation in these projects because the incentives are unsatisfactory to them, which made the state played again the role of real estate developer to fill the gap in housing demand by using insufficient government budget.As a result of that, the Egyptian government is trying nowadays to re-engage the private sector again in future social housing projects by studying all submitted proposals from private sector in 2016, the World Bank in 2018 and the views of some institutions such as ministry of investment, ministry of housing and the Social Housing Fund in 2019 around the new incentives, especially after the state decided to withdraw from real estate development and leave it to the private sector by the year 2020. Hence, this paper tries to introduce the new incentives for private sector to participate again in social housing projects. The formulation of these incentives comes from revision the international experiences and reports as well as evaluating the applying of old incentives in one case study of participation housing projects (Degla Gardens project to find an integrated vision for suitable incentives in Egyptian reality that achieve the goals of all development parties ( the government-private sector-population).
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Ebrahimigharehbaghi, Shima, Faidra Filippidou, Paula van den Brom, Queena k. Qian, and Henk J. Visscher. "Analysing the Energy Efficiency Renovation Rates in the Dutch Residential Sector." E3S Web of Conferences 111 (2019): 03019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201911103019.
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The housing stock has a major share in energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the Netherlands. CO2 emissions increased 2.5% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2018. Higher CO2 emissions were principally due to raised gas consumption for heating in the residential and service sector1. Energy efficiency renovations can contribute considerably in reducing energy consumption and achieving the EU and national energy efficiency targets. However, based on recent research2, the renovation rates in the Dutch social housing sector are not adequate to achieve the energy efficiency targets. Moreover, the deep renovation rates are almost negligible in this sector. The Dutch housing stock consists of the owner-occupied sector and rental sector (social housing and private rental houses) with shares equal to 69.4% and 30.6%, respectively. Considering the major share of the housing sector in energy consumption, the aim of the current study is to evaluate and compare the renovation rates in these sectors and the potential contribution of each one in achieving the energy efficiency targets. By renovation rate, we mean the percentage changes in the number of the identical houses moving from one energy label to the more efficient energy labels. The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and Statistics Netherlands (CBS) databases are used to conduct the statistical analysis. The results show that the renovation rates are almost the same in these three sectors, despite the expectation of much higher renovation rates in the social housing sector.
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Yekimov, Sergey, and Viktoriia Nianko. "Using public-private partnerships to improve the efficiency of housing and communal services." E3S Web of Conferences 281 (2021): 08010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202128108010.
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The attraction of private capital in the sphere of housing and communal services is widely used in economically developed countries of the world. This makes it possible to accelerate the introduction of modern innovative technologies, to take a step towards updating fixed assets and improving the efficiency of the functioning of housing and communal services enterprises. In our opinion, a very promising direction of reforming the enterprises of the housing and communal complex is the use of public-private partnership. The use of the public-private partnership tool makes it possible to distribute between the state and the private investor not only the profit, but also the risks associated with obtaining this profit. lose cooperation of private business with the state in the housing and communal services sector allows to reduce the level of energy consumption of this industry, increase tax revenues and achieve the transfer of the most effective innovative technologies to the municipal sector. Public-private partnerships can be important when solving problems that require private investment in the housing and utilities sector. It creates conditions for attracting investment in projects related to the functioning of housing and communal services, which are of primary importance for improving the standard of living of the population.
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Grigorichev, Konstantin. "From Stable “Temporality” to Permanent Variability: The Role of Reciprocity in the Formation of Communities in the “Private Housing Sector” of Russian Cities." Prace Etnograficzne 49, no. 1-2 (2021): 103–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/22999558.pe.21.007.14129.
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The article is devoted to the specifics of local communities’ self-organization in the “private housing sector” of a Russian provincial city. It is shown that a significant part of the urban space of the Russian territory is made up of low-rise single-family houses, known as the “private housing sector”. The organization of living space and the way of life in such localities can be defined as “non-urban”. It is shown that reciprocity was the basis for the formation of such communities in Soviet times. Having spread as a mechanism for adaptation and survival in the urban environment, reciprocity has become the most important mechanism for securing the marginality (“temporary”) of communities in the “private housing sector”. Changes in the “private housing sector” in the post-Soviet period led to a decrease in the role of reciprocity in the organization of such communities, which in turn led to their fragmentation and the emergence of various variants of local communities. The article is based on the observation, including participant, of the evolution of local spaces and communities of the “private sector” of Irkutsk, Omsk and Khabarovsk during 2007–2019 and a series of interviews from 2016–2020.
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Batra, Ritika. "Gauging the stakeholders’ perspective: towards PPP in building sectors and housing." Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 35, no. 4 (June 18, 2020): 1123–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10901-020-09754-4.
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Abstract While Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is widely adopted across various sectors, it raises a question on its meagre utilisation in the housing sector. This paper, therefore, gauges the perspective of the stakeholders in the building industry towards the application of PPP in various building sectors together with housing. It assesses the performance reliability of PPP for housing by learning possible take-aways from other sectors. The role of key stakeholders in the industry becomes highly responsible for an informed understanding and decision-making. To this end, a two-tier investigation was conducted including surveys and expert interviews, with several stakeholders in the PPP industry in Europe, involving the public sector, private sector, consultants, as well as other community/user representatives. The survey results demonstrated the success rate with PPPs, major factors important for PPPs such as profitability or end-user acceptability, the prevalent practices and trends in the PPP world, and the majority of support expressed in favour of the suitability of PPP for housing. The interviews added more detailed dimensions to the understanding of the PPP industry, its functioning and enabling the formation of a comprehensive outlook. The results present the perspective, approaches, and experiences of stakeholders over PPP practices, current trends and scenarios and their take on PPP in housing. It shall aid in understanding the challenges prevalent in the PPP approach for implementation in housing and enable the policymakers and industry stakeholders to make provisions for higher uptake to accelerate housing provision.
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Dr. M. Kumaraswamy, Dr M. Kumaraswamy, and Nayan J. Nayan .J. "Marketing of Housing Finance – A Comparative Study of Public and Private Sector Banks." Global Journal For Research Analysis 3, no. 3 (June 15, 2012): 116–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/22778160/mar2014/78.
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O'Dwyer, Lisel. "Housing Inheritance and the Private Rental Sector in Australia." Housing Studies 14, no. 6 (November 1, 1999): 755–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673039982533.
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Dommel, Paul R. "Selling CDBG Housing Rehab Loans in the Private Sector." Public Budgeting Finance 12, no. 2 (June 1992): 59–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1540-5850.00938.
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Beer, Andrew. "Housing Investment and the Private Rental Sector in Australia." Urban Studies 36, no. 2 (February 1999): 255–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0042098993592.
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Pryke, M., and C. Whitehead. "Private Sector Criteria and the Radical Change in Provision of Social Housing in England." Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 13, no. 2 (June 1995): 217–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/c130217.
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The 1988 Housing Act signalled substantial changes in the provision of social housing in England. The act places housing associations at the centre of social housing provision. Moreover, their role as the main providers of social housing depends, in line with government intentions, on the greater use of private finance, as the proportion of public sector funds declines. The introduction of what amounts to a new regime for social housing provision in England has effectively changed the agenda of provision from one informed by public sector thinking to one established around private sector criteria. Housing associations have thus had to readjust quickly to an environment in which they are now exposed to a variety of interrelated risks. In order to manage such risks, associations have had to reorganise internally and to reevaluate their priorities. Against this background, this paper is aimed, first, at reporting on how a selection of case-study associations active across the main regions of England have faced up to the challenges that the new environment presents, and, second, at presenting the views of a selection of private sector financial institutions about their perceptions of social housing as an investment medium, the types of risk they view as characteristic of this sector, and their response to the efforts made by associations to manage the risks of social housing provision. The paper is concluded by setting out the likely shape that social housing provision will take in the immediate future.
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Vasilyeva, Elena. "Perspective trends in financing of housing-and-communal services." MATEC Web of Conferences 170 (2018): 01050. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201817001050.
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The article is devoted to the matters of public-and-private partnerships in the field of housing-and-communal services. The author recognizes, that sustainable urban development requires effective funding with the leading role of municipal finances. At the same time, financing of housing-and-communal sector through the municipal budget only would be too burdensome, while the use of the public-and-private partnership scheme has proved to be the good solution of this problem. However, there is no definite answer: whether the housing-and-communal sector is the most developed zone of public-and-private partnership or, on the contrary, it is an obscure and ineffective zone. The author analyzes the Russian experience of use of the public-and-private partnership scheme in the field of housing-and-communal services and reveals the main problems, which prevent the attraction of the private capital to this sphere. Such rather new trends as so called "box decisions" and "pool" securitization of infrastructure projects are considered in the article. According to the author, the use of these options could contribute to the development of housing-and-communal sector and the city infrastructure as well as the urban development as whole.
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MUYINGO, Henry Gonza. "ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING REPORTED HOUSING MAINTENANCE COSTS IN SWEDEN’S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RENTAL SECTORS." International Journal of Strategic Property Management 21, no. 3 (July 11, 2017): 284–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/1648715x.2016.1259189.
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The reported maintenance costs per unit area within the public rental housing sector in Sweden are consistently higher than those within the private rental sector. This paper uses crosssectional panel data analysis as well as a questionnaire survey sent to 196 managers in the private and public housing sectors to identify the factors that might explain this divergence. The findings indicate that “fundamental” factors such as the age of the houses or the composition of the tenants cannot explain the observed difference. However how the activities are classified and the timing of the measures are factors that can. The conclusions from the study are that the public companies should act more as the private sector in their accounting; wait longer than they currently do before carrying out some renovations; and that they should be more stringent when determining the resources to spend on large-scale maintenance and/or renovation projects.
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Alferov, V. N., and K. A. Klimiatich. "PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN HOUSING AND UTILITIES SECTOR AS A TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ECONOMY." Business Strategies 8, no. 5 (June 6, 2020): 132–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.17747/2311-7184-2020-5-132-136.
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The article discusses the advantages of using the mechanism of housing and communal services, analyses the current state of the housing and utilities sector in Russia. Explains certain opportunities for enhancing investment activities in the housing and utilities sector. Description of measures to improve the efficiency of public-private sector mechanisms in the field of the housing and utilities sector in Russia, which will contribute to the sustainable development and modernization of the country's economy.
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Adegoke, Samson Akinbamide Omobayo. "Housing Preference and Choice of Nigerians: Evidence from the Organised Private Sector Housing." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 9, no. 3 (April 9, 2022): 361–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.93.12036.
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The decline of housing as a political priority despite growing demand has made housing choice decision more difficult. This study is an examination of the revealed preference of beneficiaries of organized private sector housing delivery in Nigeria. The study relied on data collected from sampled estates from two (2) states in each of the six geo – political zones of Nigeria. These are flats, bungalows, semi – detached and detached houses. In all, about 58% of all beneficiaries choose flats about 31% choose bungalows 7% choose semi – detached houses and only about 4% of all the beneficiaries choose detached houses. The findings from this study showed that about 89% of all beneficiaries choose flats and bungalows. The policy implication of the preponderance of flat and bungalow in the housing choice of beneficiaries is that they are the popular, acceptable and affordable typologies of Nigerians. Therefore, these types of houses should be given priority in funding by National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF).
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Adegoke, Samson Akinbamide Omobayo. "Housing Affordability In Nigeria: A Comparative Analysis Of Beneficiaries And Non-Beneficiaries Of Organized Private Sector Housing." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 7, no. 12 (January 4, 2021): 453–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.712.9369.
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Housing delivery in Nigeria has been dominated by the On-Site-Builders, each building incrementally as private individual for his household. The need to take advantage of economy of scale in housing delivery to enhance affordability led to the emergence of Organized Private Sector Housing Delivery in Nigeria. Despite this initiative, the majority of the people are not accessing housing from the Organized Private Sector Housing Developers, still employing their incremental housing approach. This study is therefore a comparative analysis of housing affordability of beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of Organized Private Sector Housing Delivery in Nigeria. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted. The respondents, beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries, were selected by systematic random sampling technique. Ten percent of beneficiaries’ household heads were selected from the occupied houses (19500) in the estates. The respondents among the non-beneficiaries were selected among the occupied housing units within 1km radius of the houses around each of the sampled estates until equal numbers of respondents from beneficiaries was selected, where possible. Thus, there were 1,950 and 1,332 number of respondents among beneficiaries and no-beneficiaries respectively. The structured questionnaire administered on the heads of households’ elicited information on demographic characteristics (age, sex, household size, etc) and housing affordability variables such as (household income, housing expenditure, access to mortgage, other non-housing expenditure, etc). The questionnaire administered on Organized Private Sector Housing Developers (OPSHDs) seeks information on types of houses produced, selling prices, sales terms, among others. We rely on affordability rating scale of: normal ≤30%; tolerable 30.1-50% and stressed ≥50% to measure and compare housing affordability of beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. They study revealed that while about 42% of beneficiaries fall within normal housing affordability, about 76% of non-beneficiaries are in that category. About 37% of beneficiaries are in tolerable housing affordability category while only about 16% of non-beneficiaries are there. Those under varying degrees of housing affordability stress are about 21% and 8% among beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries respectively. The major policy implication of the findings is that direct support to non-beneficiaries – the On-Site-Builders by government, through serviced plots and mortgage facility may be a more veritable approach for resolving the current housing crisis in the country.
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Blair, Bruce L., and Adam M. Williams. "University Housing Development: A PPP Approach." Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs 3, no. 3 (December 1, 2017): 320. http://dx.doi.org/10.20899/jpna.3.3.320-335.
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Growth and financial constraint continue to hinder development in a multitude of areas in the public sector. Higher education has joined the growing list of public sector organizations turning toward the private sector for innovative solutions to the negative externalities of growth. On April 14, 2014, the University System of Georgia posted a request for qualified contractors for a first of its kind public–private partnership. Wishing to move away from its current long-term asset financing plan that utilized public–private ventures, and to move much of the bonded debt, the university system issued a call for contractors for the construction of campus housing on nine system-member institutions across the state of Georgia. In an effort to evaluate the importance of this contractual arrangement, a thematic analysis of publicly available contract documents is analyzed. We find that the university system’s values associated with the project are best described as risk-averse behavior.
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Beemer, Frank, Theo Camps, and Niels Kastelein. "Alliance management in social markets in the Netherlands: outcomes of practical reflections." Journal on Chain and Network Science 7, no. 2 (December 1, 2007): 85–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.3920/jcns2007.x079.
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Alliance management is often associated purely with enterprise and innovation in the private sector. However, it is precisely in 'social' sectors such as housing, care, welfare and education that a growing number of new alliances arebeing formed, often cutting across conventional sectors. Increasingly, they are arising between social and commercial institutions. Alliance management, including that of public-private alliances, is a logical response to the changing dominant logic in these markets and can lead to a controlled transition from a social sector to a social market.
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Mahadevia, Darshini, Neha Bhatia, and Bijal Bhatt. "Private Sector in Affordable Housing? Case of Slum Rehabilitation Scheme in Ahmedabad, India." Environment and Urbanization ASIA 9, no. 1 (January 23, 2018): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0975425317748449.
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The trend of involving private sector in affordable housing segment is observed globally. In India, it has been mainstreamed through the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) under which one component deals with in-situ slum redevelopment through the public–private partnership (PPP) mode in which the private sector brings in finance and skills to construct housing while the public sector provides land. Taking case study of one slum site, wherein the slum rehabilitation scheme has been implemented in Ahmedabad, this article narrates the bottlenecks faced in its implementation in spite of the agency of an NGO involved as a mediator in the process.
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Ibem, Eziyi Offia, Paschal C. Onyemaechi, and Emmanuel A. Yo-Vaughan. "Project Selection and Transparency Factors in Housing Public-Private Partnerships in Nigeria." Construction Economics and Building 18, no. 2 (June 27, 2018): 15–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ajceb.v18i2.5771.
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The application of Public-Private Partners (PPPs) in housing provisioning is on the increase across the world. However, there is a paucity of empirical studies on the specific factors considered at the initiation, and measures taken to ensure transparency at the procurement stages, of PPP housing projects. This study examined project selection factors and transparency measures in PPP housing projects using data sourced from oral interviews with 27 experts in nine PPP housing schemes in Nigeria. Results of the content analysis revealed that the top two selection factors considered by both the public and private sector operators of PPP housing projects in Nigeria are the availability of land and viability of the funding arrangements. Whereas the public-sector partners also consider the availability of competent private sector to deliver the projects, the private developers are concerned with the location of proposed projects. It was also found that the two key measures taken to ensure transparency at the procurement stage of the projects are transparent and competitive bidding and open advertisements of tender opportunities. These imply that before embarking on PPP housing projects, operators should ensure that there is available land in good locations, sound funding arrangements, and measures for achieving transparency in the schemes.
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Alteneiji, Khalifa, Sabah Alkass, and Saleh Abu Dabous. "Critical success factors for public–private partnerships in affordable housing in the United Arab Emirates." International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 13, no. 5 (August 30, 2019): 753–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhma-06-2019-0061.
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Purpose This study aims to identify the critical success factors (CSFs) in the implementation of the public–private partnerships (PPPs) in the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) affordable housing sector. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire survey was conducted to assess 17 CSFs for PPP projects derived from previous international and local studies. The collected data were analyzed using the relative importance index technique to establish the most significant factors based on feedback from 48 respondents from the public and private sectors. Findings The most identified CSFs were good governance, government guarantees, commitment and responsibility of the public and private sectors, favorable and efficient legal frameworks, political support and stability, and demand for and the debt-paying ability of the project. Research limitations/implications There has been rapid momentum in the UAE and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries towards engaging the private sector in the provision of infrastructure and housing after increased pressure on government budgets and falling oil prices. Thus, this study encourages strong consideration of the highest-ranked CSFs in the absence of any prior experiences or studies. On a broader scale, these CSFs are an effective policy tool for the GCC countries, which share similar contexts. Originality/value This paper represents the first empirical study in the GCC region and the UAE on the CSFs for PPPs in affordable housing, which is experiencing growing demand in the region to overcome the large deficit in housing supply.
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Shomina, Elena S., and Sergey A. Kuznetsov. "Good-neighborly relations in housing sector." Town-planning law 1 (March 10, 2021): 36–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.18572/2500-0292-2021-1-36-39.
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The article continues the topic of good neighborliness as an important direction for the development of neighboring and local communities. It is devoted to practical issues and social technologies of good-neighborliness, primarily the use of good-neighborly technologies in the modern housing sector, and, especially, in the housing and utility sector, given the important changes that have occurred there in the last 15 years after the adoption of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, first of all — the emergence of private management organizations and new "collective customers" — residents of apartment buildings. The activity of modern management organizations, introducing their own "rules of good neighborliness" in the management of modern apartment complexes in Kirov, Nizhny Novgorod and other cities, is considered as a new model of the activity of the educational institution.
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Walsh, Emily. "Repair in the private rented sector: where now?" Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law 13, no. 1 (January 27, 2021): 46–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jppel-07-2020-0031.
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Purpose This paper aims to analyse the extent to which recent changes in the law, most notably the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 and proposals for changes in tenant redress, will help tenants living in the private rented sector (PRS) with issues of disrepair and poor living conditions. Design/methodology/approach It applies theoretical scholarship on procedural justice, to two proposals for reform, namely, compulsory membership of redress schemes and a new housing court or use of the first-Tier Tribunal for claims relating to disrepair. Findings The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 will not provide decent private rented homes without increased security of tenure and a requirement for inspection prior to letting. Tenants should have the right to a fit home at the time of moving in and a cheap and relatively fast method of redress when things go wrong. A combination of compulsory licencing, membership of an ombudsman scheme and either the transfer of disrepair cases to the first-tier tribunal or a new housing court would provide the best overall solution for tenants with regard to repair and condition. Originality/value This study contributes to the important scholarship on procedural justice and applies it to ongoing current debates regarding disrepair in the PRS.
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IZUHARA, MISA, and FRANCES HEYWOOD. "A life-time of inequality: a structural analysis of housing careers and issues facing older private tenants." Ageing and Society 23, no. 2 (March 2003): 207–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x02001125.
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While the majority of households in England have become homeowners at the turn of the 21st century, some older people still struggle on low incomes in the less privileged sector of private renting. This article first explores the intertwining of the history of housing policy and provision with the lifecourse histories of individuals, seeking to describe the reasons why some older people are in the private rented sector. It then presents research findings that revealed how some older private tenants experienced different types and degrees of harassment and abuse by their landlords, from verbal and financial abuse to disrepair of property and illegal evictions. Both strands are brought together in looking beyond individual responsibility or culpability to the structural and lifecourse causes of the problems. People's housing choices and destinations are often shaped by a combination of their lifecourse circumstances and external (both economic and institutional) barriers. Where abuse is concerned, a two-tier tenancy system has made ‘regulated tenants’ vulnerable to their landlords; the legal remedies are endemically inappropriate; the housing benefit system is a major source of tension between landlords and tenants; and the modernised private rented sector has allowed no place for those who want secure long-term homes. In summary, this article examines how the law, housing policy and the housing market combine to produce particular problems for older private tenants.
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V R, Sudindra, and Avinash K. "A Study on Perception and Awareness towards Home Loans Offered by Public and Private Banks." Shanlax International Journal of Management 9, S1-Feb (February 25, 2022): 87–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/management.v9is1.4849.
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Different market players are providing Home loans to meet the necessity of possessing a home of an individual. In India, many public and private sector Banks offers different types of Home loans with different interest rates and standardized loan policy. The objective of this study is to study the satisfaction level of customers towards home loans, awareness of home loans products in Hyderabad, and empirical study on the housing loan industry. In this regard, primary data is used through a questionnaire. The issues related to drivers of demand in the housing, the evolution of home loans, Housing in India, importance, an home loans types have been discussed. Through this paper, the basics of housing loans are addressed and the basic difference between public sector banks and private sector banks is discussed.
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Abdullah M. Aloweid, Abdullah M. Aloweid. "Residents Opinions toward their Dwellings Built with the Support of the Real Estate Development Fund." journal of king abdulaziz university environmental design Science 6, no. 1 (January 2, 2009): 63–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.4197/env.6-1.3.
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In the past, private sector housing in Saudi Arabia was mostly undertaken through private initiative and almost all houses were financed through savings of individuals or income of the owners, because of the non-availability of construction finance on a long term basis. One of the major approaches by the Government for solving the housing problems was the Real Estate Development Fund (REDF). Its primary objective is to stimulate the development of private sector housing by offering interest free long term loans to Saudi Citizens. It was established as a semi-government financial institution attached to the Ministry of Finance and National Economy. This paper provides an overview and analysis of the private sector housing and the role of the Real Estate Development Fund in the support and development for housing construction in Saudi Arabia. Interviews and questionnaires were conducted with the heads of households in selected dwellings constructed with the support of the Real Estate Development Fund. (134 questionnaires). The conclusion of this work stresses the importance and continuation of the fund in order to increase home ownership however additional measures of control need to be carried out .Recommendations presented in this paper may well help achieve appropriate dwellings that satisfy resident's needs and desires.
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Whitehead, C. M. E., M. Harloe, and A. Bovaird. "Prospects and Strategies for Housing in the Private Rented Sector." Journal of Social Policy 14, no. 2 (April 1985): 151–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047279400014495.
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AbstractThis second article examines the future of the private rented sector in terms of the types of household that will continue to demand accommodation, the types of landlord that will be prepared to continue to let and the match between the requirements of the two groups. It is predicted that, under present policies, the sector will continue to decline but that the problems that will arise will come more from the mismatch between demand and supply than from the absolute size of the sector. The article then examines possible policies that might help to alleviate these problems. It argues that neither a completely free market system nor strengthening existing controls is likely to prove acceptable. Finally, it suggests a number of possible ways forward within a system of partial controls.
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Grabovy, P. G., and I. P. Malikova. "INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVENESS OF HOUSING AND UTILITIES SECTOR." Strategic decisions and risk management, no. 2 (October 25, 2014): 66–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.17747/2078-8886-2013-2-66-72.
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Investment attractiveness of housing and utilities sector for private operators refers to conditions of investment of communal infrastructure as principles of investment, as well as long-term rent, i.e.: on account of state and municipal assistance on non-return or beneficial terms; possibility to acquire such electricity, heat, water supply and drainage objects being constructed, that have not been included as a part of concession agreement against guarantee of investment return with regard to interest rated specified by such concession agreement, and one of tools of investment attraction thereof is application of new methods of tariff management and various models of agreements.
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Zakaria, Yakubu A., and Kuusaana Elias Danyi. "Housing Affordability: Factors Influencing Housing in the Tamale Metropolis of Ghana." International Journal of Regional Development 7, no. 2 (September 17, 2020): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijrd.v7i2.17540.
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Housing is considered a basic human need. Yet deficit housing supply plagues Ghana. Studies on housing concentrate mainly on offering accommodation that neglects the problem of its affordability. As a result, this study examines factors influencing housing affordability using the Tamale Metropolis as a case study. Using stratified random sampling methodology, 271 renters and homeowners was chosen. Data analysis utilized descriptive statistics. The study showed inflation, rapid urbanization, and building material costs were the dominant factors that influence housing affordability. Rent was also found to be relatively affordable for all categories of housing units. Furthermore, it emerged that the efforts of homeowners, the private sector developers, and the state in the provision of housing were insufficient in providing affordable housing. Consequently, tenants are forced to invest over longer years for constructing or buying a home. The private sector should use less-cost building materials in its projects to provide housing for rent and/or sale, and still present minimum quality standards. It will mean that construction costs will not be too high to justify a high rent once the building is completed. Rent will be on the low side when this happens so tenants can afford to. Equally, it is precarious that the government joins forces with the private estate developers to put up flats at reasonable prices using cheap local building materials.
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von Hoffman, Alexander. "Calling upon the Genius of Private Enterprise: The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 and the Liberal Turn to Public-Private Partnerships." Studies in American Political Development 27, no. 2 (September 20, 2013): 165–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0898588x13000102.
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President Lyndon Johnson declared the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to be “the most farsighted, the most comprehensive, the most massive housing program in all American history.” To replace every slum dwelling in the country within ten years, the act turned from public housing, the government-run program started in the 1930s, toward private-sector programs using both nonprofit and for-profit companies. As a result, since its passage, for-profit businesses have developed the great majority of low-income residences in the United States. The law also helped popularize the idea of “public-private partnerships,” collaborations of government agencies and non-government entities—including for-profit companies—for social and urban improvements. Remarkably, political liberals supported the idea that private enterprise carry out social-welfare programs. This article examines the reasons that Democratic officials, liberals, and housing industry leaders united to create a decentralized, ideologically pluralistic, and redundant system for low-income housing. It shows that frustrations with the public housing program, the response to widespread violence in the nation's cities, and the popularity of corporate America pushed the turn toward the private sector. The changes in housing and urban policy made in the late 1960s, the article concludes, helped further distinguish the American welfare state and encourage the rise of neoliberalism in the United States.
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PHANG, SOCK-YONG, DAVID LEE, ALAN CHEONG, KOK-FAI PHOON, and KAROL WEE. "HOUSING POLICIES IN SINGAPORE: EVALUATION OF RECENT PROPOSALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REFORM." Singapore Economic Review 59, no. 03 (June 2014): 1450025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217590814500258.
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The Singapore housing market is unusual in its high homeownership rate, the dominance of HDB housing, and the extensive intervention of the government in regulating housing supply and demand in both the HDB and private housing sectors. Recent rapid population increases in a low interest rate and high global liquidity environment has resulted in accelerated house prices increases in Singapore. Earlier this year, the government launched "Our Singapore Conversation" of which discussion on housing policies constitutes one major component. This "conversation" comes in the wake of several consecutive rounds of measures to stabilize housing prices using various instruments. This paper evaluates the main policy changes proposed and makes recommendations for housing market reforms: (i) the government need to clarify goals of housing policies and make available more detailed data on the foreign component of our population for better analysis of housing markets; (ii) the housing supply regime should target an overall effective vacancy rate that encompasses both the Housing and Development Board (HDB) and private sector; (iii) policy makers need to monitor carefully excess demand indicators for housing in addition to housing affordability indicators over the entire spectrum of incomes and household types; (iv) housing REITs should be established to provide an alternative investment option as well as to develop an efficient and affordable rental sector; and (v) in addition to macroprudential measures, owner-occupancy requirements and fiscal measures such as stamp duties and property taxes could be further utilized to reduce the foreign demand for Singapore housing and real estate.
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Wong, Siu Kei, Kuang Kuang Deng, and Ka Shing Cheung. "Housing wealth effects for private and subsidized homeowners." International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 11, no. 5 (October 1, 2018): 771–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhma-07-2017-0067.
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Purpose This paper aims to examine the effect of housing wealth on household consumption when there are resale and refinancing constraints that prevent housing assets from being cashed out. Design/methodology/approach Based on Household Expenditure Survey data in Hong Kong from 1999 to 2010, regression analysis is applied to compare the housing wealth effects of private and subsidized homeowners. Propensity score matching is adopted to ensure that the two groups of homeowners share similar household income. Further regression analysis is conducted to examine private homeowners’ consumption when their recourse mortgages are in negative equity. Findings Subsidized homeowners, who are not allowed to resell their units before sharing their capital gain with the government, experienced an insignificant housing wealth effect. While private homeowners experienced a significant housing wealth effect, the effect was weakened in the presence of a resale constraint induced by negative equity. The results remain robust after the application of more rigorous sample selection through propensity score matching. Research limitations/implications The analyses are subject to two potential data limitations. One is a relatively small sample size. The other is that data on financial assets and mortgages are unavailable and have to be indirectly controlled through household characteristics. Nevertheless, our estimated marginal propensity to consume out of housing wealth is 0.03 of the annual household consumption for private homeowners, which is within the range of estimates reported in previous literature. Practical implications This study shows that the housing wealth effect enjoyed in the private sector does not necessarily apply to the subsidized sector where resale and refinancing constraints exist. This is not to suggest that the constraints be removed. Rather, policymakers should be aware of the tradeoff: while the constraints ensure that government subsidies are used to assist home ownership, not capital gain, they also bring about consumption inequality in a society, especially in a booming housing market. Originality/value Our findings extend the literature on the housing wealth effect, which has been exclusively focusing on private homeowners, to subsidized homeowners. This study also adds to the literature on housing welfare by highlighting that the resale constraints of subsidized housing can weaken the housing wealth effect.
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Bridgman, Benjamin. "Unqualified social work: “a positive caring approach” for the Scottish private rented sector." Journal of Organizational Ethnography 9, no. 1 (August 16, 2019): 17–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/joe-11-2018-0045.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the emic theme of “unqualified social work” as part of the process of property management in a self-described “letting agency with a difference” in Edinburgh, set in the context of the rapid expansion of the private rented sector. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based upon ethnographic data from participant observation in a letting agency and unstructured interviews with their employees. Findings The paper suggests that the shift in Scotland in terms of the provision of housing and housing-related services from the public sector to the private rented sector in recent decades has engendered new social and economic relations in which property managers become “unqualified social workers”. Practical implications The paper aims to exemplify how anthropology and ethnographic research may contribute to the understanding of the private rented sector and of property management. Originality/value The paper aims to contribute to the wider literature on the private rented sector by foregrounding the role of the property manager. The paper also brings an analysis derived from the anthropology of ethics to an ethnographic understanding of property management and the private rented sector.
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Chan, Steve Kwok-Leung. "Enclave Tenement Trap." Environment and Urbanization ASIA 9, no. 2 (August 22, 2018): 198–213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0975425318783589.
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This article investigates the housing process of ethnic minorities in Hong Kong. The study is an attempt to explain how these minority ethnic groups are filtered and trapped in the private rented housing sector in inner city enclaves. Focus group and in-depth interviews are used to study the low-income Pakistani and Nepalese migrants in two districts in Hong Kong. Affordability, discrimination and locational consideration draw the Pakistani and Nepalese families towards the private rented sector in tenement slums. A model of enclave tenement trap is built based on empirical research conducted in Hong Kong. The model and findings provide directions for civil society institutions and housing policy.
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Huston, Simon, Arvydas Jadevicius, and Negin Minaei. "Talent and student private rented sector bottlenecks: a preliminary UK investigation." Property Management 33, no. 3 (June 15, 2015): 287–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pm-09-2014-0039.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to sketch the UK housing backdrop, review the student private rented sector (PRS) and assess the experience of post-graduate university student tenants in the PRS. Design/methodology/approach – A literature review puts the issues of student-PRS responsiveness into context and helps to untangle some UK housing issues. The private sector’s size, growth and performance is assessed by reviewing secondary data. In-depth interviews were then conducted at a regional university campus. Findings – The study confirms accumulating evidence of an unbalanced UK housing market. The study identified four main PRS issues: first, rapid university expansion without accompanying residential construction has sparked rampant PRS growth with, second, quality issues, third, in tight letting market conditions, rented agent service levels fell and fourth, part of the problem is complex PRS management procedures. Research limitations/implications – The research has three noteworthy limitations. First, the macroeconomic analysis integrated secondary research without independent modelling. Second, the views of letting agents, university property managers, planning officers or landlords were not canvassed. Finally, the pilot interviews were geographically restricted. Practical implications – When they expand, universities, local authorities and industry players need to give due consideration to plan for, design and develop quality student accommodation. Over-reliance on the PRS without informed oversight and coordination could undermine student experience and erode long-term UK competitiveness. Social implications – The lack of quality student rented accommodation mirrors a general housing malaise around affordability, polarisation and sustainable “dwelling”. Standards and professionalism in the rented sector is part of the overall quality mix to attract global talent. Originality/value – The preliminary investigation uses mixed-methods to investigate PRS service delivery. It illustrates the interplay between professional property management and wider issues of metropolitan productivity, sustainability and resilience.
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Jabeen, Huraera. "Private Sector Investments and Associated Risk Implications for Post-Disaster Housing Development in Dhaka." Open House International 39, no. 3 (September 1, 2014): 86–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-03-2014-b0010.
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Dhaka is one of the most vulnerable cities facing exacerbated disaster risks from climate change impacts. While these risks have escalated rapid population growth has made Dhaka one of the fastest growing megacities in Asia with a very high housing demand. In the absence of significant interventions from the public sector, the private sector has become responsible for 70 per cent of the city’s physical development. The political economy of development and limitations in institutional arrangements allow private sector investors an almost free hand, resulting in increased and transferred risks to the public sector and city dwellers in general. Any post-disaster reconstruction in future will be influenced by these existing dynamics. Future plans for post-disaster reconstruction of housing in Dhaka must address issues of growing demand, limitations of risk-free land for development, ownership of land and housing, and limitations of resources.
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Harding, Andrew, Jonathan Parker, Sarah Hean, and Ann Hemingway. "Supply-side review of the UK specialist housing market and why it is failing older people." Housing, Care and Support 21, no. 2 (June 4, 2018): 41–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/hcs-05-2018-0006.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a supply-side review of policies and practices that impact on the shortage of supply in the contemporary specialist housing market for older people in the UK. Design/methodology/approach The review is based on a review of academic literature, policy documents, reports and other sources. Findings There is a critical conflict between the key social purpose of specialist housing (i.e. living independent of socially provided care) and the values that underpin and ultimately limit the quantity of units in both the social and private sector. In the social sector, government policies prohibit rather than encourage local authorities and housing associations from increasing specialist housing stock. The nature of leasehold tenures in the private sector tends to commodify not only housing stock but also those who use it and therefore acts to instrumentalise housing supply in favour of the profit motive and the focus on the person and her or his needs is largely ignored. Originality/value While the shortage of specialist housing is well known, this paper is unique in that it provides a comprehensive and critical supply-side review of the factors that have created such conditions.
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LIM, Tai Wei. "Housing Policies in Hong Kong." East Asian Policy 12, no. 01 (January 2020): 110–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1793930520000094.
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam presented her housing policies at the 2019 annual address in broad strokes, including using ordinances to resume undeveloped land in accordance with the law. The Hong Kong government could use its regulatory power as disincentives for private development of land given the highly bureaucratic, time-consuming and expensive land development approval process. The Hong Kong government would also work jointly with private sector landlords to potentially develop public housing and profit-driven projects, which would then be negotiated based on the Hong Kong government’s terms and conditions.
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Shigekawa, Kishie, Satoshi Tanaka, and Masasuke Takashima. "Analysis of Disaster Victims’ Decision-Making in the Process of Reconstruction Housing." Journal of Disaster Research 7, no. 2 (February 1, 2012): 127–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2012.p0127.
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Public support systems for housing reconstruction are an important factor in helping disaster victims put their lives back together, and there are various measures available to them. The affected households use consultation windows at their respective city offices when they would like to learn about available forms of support or to apply for them. However, disaster victims’ recovery process involves not only the public sector entities but also various private sector ones, including construction companies, banks, etc. Unfortunately, the public and private sectors have not shared information, and each does not know what the other offers. Therefore, a centralized support system to help victims by providing proper information on various support systems is desired. This study proposes an effective, centralized consultation system to help disaster victims at each stage of their reconstruction process.
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Randa, Isaac Okoth. "Integrated Model of Affordable Housing Delivery for the City of Windhoek." International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change 3, no. 3 (July 2016): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijcesc.2016070101.
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Limited access to affordable and decent housing for the low-medium income households of Namibia, especially in Windhoek, is a major concern. This is evident as nearly 70 percent of the population are unable to access affordable housing. This situation is exacerbated by lack of an integrated framework for affordable housing delivery strategy. Adopting an interpretivist perspective, in depth literature review of published records, and using hybrid value chain model; this paper aims to identify an effective and efficient strategy for the delivery of affordable housing in Windhoek through the application of the stakeholder approach. Also, the paper intends to determine the appropriate division of roles between public, private and community institutions, and to suggest possible policy interventions necessary for a viable affordable housing delivery strategy. Though several non-integrated initiatives are operational in Windhoek, the joint Public-Private-Social-Sector Partnership model represents a new business model in the affordable housing sector.
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Marais, Lochner, and Jan Cloete. "Housing policy and private sector housing finance: Policy intent and market directions in South Africa." Habitat International 61 (March 2017): 22–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2017.01.004.
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Muhammad, Zayyanu, Foziah Johar, and . "Coping with Challenges of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for Housing Delivery in Nigeria." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 2.29 (May 22, 2018): 1097. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.29.14320.
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Although public-private partnerships continue to gain popularity in infrastructure provision, the application of the strategy in housing delivery is bedevilled with many challenges particularly in the context of developing countries like Nigeria. This article aims to offer solutions to the challenges of PPP for housing delivery in Nigeria. Using a case study approach, the article investigated the challenges of PPP housing project in the federal capital territory [FCT] Abuja, Nigeria. The study found that “lack of transparency in the procurement process”, “inappropriate risk allocation”, “poor administrative machinery”, “corruption”, and incompetent private sector” are the major challenges that militate against successful housing delivery through public-private partnership in Nigeria. In conclusion, the paper outlined solutions for coping with the challenges of PPP for housing delivery in Nigeria.