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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Housing quality"”.
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Housing Quality and Tenure Choice in Bogota
Empirical housing articles have been scarce in developing countries. It results paradoxical given that homeownership and housing quality have continuously been included at the top of the developing countries political agendas. The present paper provides elements that explain the own/rent decision …
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Public agencies as managers of housing quality.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1974. M.C.P.
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Entrepreneurship as a Catalyzer of Housing Quality Enhancement in Colombia: Tervi
… struggle to meet demand and provide affordable housing. The result is a critical housing deficit, both in terms of quantity and quality, which requires innovative solutions from both the government and the private sector. The narrative in this thesis unfolds exploring the housing deficit in the …
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Rural Self-Help Housing: A Post Occupancy Evaluation of Homeowners' Satisfaction With Residential Space Plan Design and Housing Quality
… purpose of this research was to investigate the housing satisfaction of rural, self-help homeowners with respect to the interior of their houses. This research surveyed households' satisfaction with respect to housing quality and residential space plan design. Aspects of housing quality included: …
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Legacy and Land: The role of legacy motive in improving the quality of housing developments in the UK
… a number of studies pertaining to this model of housing delivery, whereby landowners take on a strong stewardship role over the development process. However, there is little evidence concerning the relation between legacy and housing quality. In order to address this gap, the role of legacy …
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A benchmark for impact assessment of affordable housing
… very little is known of it in affordable housing sub-sector and where it has been used, components of housing quality were not holistically considered. This study considers this identified deficiency in developing a benchmark for assessing affordable housing quality impact factors. As part …
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Residential Satisfaction and Behavioural Intentions - A Study of Private Housing in Hong Kong
… intentions towards developers in the private housing sector in Hong Kong. It investigates the underlying dimensions of resident satisfaction and their relative importance for behavioural intentions towards property developers. Behavioural intention towards developers refers to the subjective …
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Three Essays in Health Insurance
… Expansion on Coverage Among Those Lacking Housing Basics, 2010-19” and “Health Insurance Coverage Changes under Affordable Care Act among High Housing Cost Households, 2010-19”. My first chapter conducts factor importance analysis on the insurance transitioning behavior of the public health …
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Slumlords? The Economics and Finances of Small-Scale Low-Income Housing
… failure to guarantee all citizens access to a quality home. Low-quality housing has implications for neighborhood stability, adult and child health, and quality of life for those who live there. America’s history of racial segregation means that this low-quality housing has affected low-income, …
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Valuing open space : land economics and neighborhood parks
… the market value of specific attributes of housing quality, location and neighborhood at sites near Dallas, Texas. Measurements of location value in the form of travel-based rent gradients, proximity measures, and path characteristics are derived from these analyses. The research allows …
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Housing qualities: Myths and meanings in Auckland, New Zealand
Housing qualities are crucial influences in our everyday lives that contribute to well-being. Many residential quality concepts determine quality at the legislative level and are matters of compliance reflected in implementing standards and in the residential construction and urban design process. …
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On growth and development: Housing environment impacts on children's development and its relevance in interior design solutions
<p>The role of housing quality and housing location in children’s development are of great importance, as these issues may affect their outcomes later in life. Housing and neighborhood conditions include but are not limited to housing costs, residential layout, and neighborhood surroundings. These …
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A Geospatial Assessment of Social Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise in Coastal San Luis Obispo
… social isolation and age, (3) income, and (4) housing quality and dependence on social services. This study uses Geographic Information Systems software to map social vulnerability scores and building footprints attributed each block group in the coastal planning area. To provide a preliminary …
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Housing is the Cure: Renter Insecurity in Boston During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a crisis of housing insecurity for Black, Latinx and immigrant Boston renters. This crisis magnified existing dynamics of systemic racial exploitation. It was also tempered by unprecedented expansions of renter protections across local, state, and federal levels of …
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House, home, and community : good models for graduate student housing
… explores the planning and design of on-campus housing for graduate students in urban context. This study reviews the prevailing models of on-campus housing nationally and discusses the new concepts of future housing models for graduate students living on or near campus for urban universities. …
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Whose Choice Is It Really?: The Impact of Property Profitability, Owner Strategies, & Perceived Majority Tenant Prejudices on Housing Choice Voucher Acceptance
… critical role of landlords in implementing the Housing Choice Voucher program. Housing choice vouchers provide tenant-based rental assistance to low-income families so that they can have greater opportunities to select apartments and locations than under other rental housing assistance programs. …
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The Capacity of the Black Protestant Church to Provide Social Ministry in Post-Katrina New Orleans
… providing and advocating for affordable housing, quality health care, strategies for eliminating poverty, and disaster evacuation education, preparedness and response. The researcher hypothesizes that structural and institutional racism were already undermining that capacity pre-Katrina …
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"""We don't call it Bristol Park"": engaging African American youth in urban neighborhood redevelopment planning"
… were in increasing safety, recreation, and housing quality, while preserving social networks and nostalgic aspects of the physical structure of the neighborhood. Implications for inclusion of youth perspectives in urban neighborhood redevelopment are discussed.
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Displacement, politics and governance : access to low-income housing in a Beirut suburb
… This study analyzes access to low-income housing for a Lebanese Shiites group which has already experienced two phases of internal displacement: from South Lebanon to Beirut during the civil war, and from Beirut to the suburbs after postwar reconstruction started in 1992. This research is …
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