Indicator of housing affordability in Malaysia
There are many indicator of housing affordability in Malaysia such as household income, household expenditure, house prices and others. If the income is adequate to pay for a house and other household expenditure, then the individual concerned can be described as having home affordability. The ob...
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| author | Md. Sani @ Abd. Rahim, Norazmawati Che Munaaim, Muhammad Arkam |
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| description | There are many indicator of housing affordability in Malaysia such as household income,
household expenditure, house prices and others. If the income is adequate to pay for a
house and other household expenditure, then the individual concerned can be described as
having home affordability. The objective of this paper is to discuss the indicator of housing
affordability in Malaysia and variables that affect housing affordability amongst the lowincome
group in Malaysia. From the experience of developed countries, the indicators of
housing affordability in Malaysia that affecting housing affordability are mainly house price
and housing finance. The finding of this paper conducted on low-cost housing at Kuala
Lumpur is there are two main indicator affecting housing affordability i.e. household income
and household expenditure. In conclusion, the understanding of indicator of housing
affordability in Malaysia are important as input to improve our housing policy. |
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| spelling | usm-347902017-05-31T07:56:23Z http://eprints.usm.my/34790/ Indicator of housing affordability in Malaysia Md. Sani @ Abd. Rahim, Norazmawati Che Munaaim, Muhammad Arkam TH1-9745 Building construction There are many indicator of housing affordability in Malaysia such as household income, household expenditure, house prices and others. If the income is adequate to pay for a house and other household expenditure, then the individual concerned can be described as having home affordability. The objective of this paper is to discuss the indicator of housing affordability in Malaysia and variables that affect housing affordability amongst the lowincome group in Malaysia. From the experience of developed countries, the indicators of housing affordability in Malaysia that affecting housing affordability are mainly house price and housing finance. The finding of this paper conducted on low-cost housing at Kuala Lumpur is there are two main indicator affecting housing affordability i.e. household income and household expenditure. In conclusion, the understanding of indicator of housing affordability in Malaysia are important as input to improve our housing policy. 2008-12 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/34790/1/HBP7.pdf Md. Sani @ Abd. Rahim, Norazmawati and Che Munaaim, Muhammad Arkam (2008) Indicator of housing affordability in Malaysia. In: 2nd International Conference on Built Environment in Developing Countries., 3rd- 4th December 2008, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang. |
| spellingShingle | TH1-9745 Building construction Md. Sani @ Abd. Rahim, Norazmawati Che Munaaim, Muhammad Arkam Indicator of housing affordability in Malaysia |
| title | Indicator of housing affordability in Malaysia |
| title_full | Indicator of housing affordability in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Indicator of housing affordability in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Indicator of housing affordability in Malaysia |
| title_short | Indicator of housing affordability in Malaysia |
| title_sort | indicator of housing affordability in malaysia |
| topic | TH1-9745 Building construction |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/34790/ http://eprints.usm.my/34790/1/HBP7.pdf |