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Housing for bottom 50% income group in Malaysia: Housing satisfaction among elderly and disabled people

The study focus on housing satisfaction among the low and middle low income elderly and disabled people living in public and private housing in Malaysia. It was based on Housing study for bottom 50% income group in Malaysia conducted by Economic Planning Unit (EPU) and United Nations Development Pro...

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Main Author: Shuid, Syafiee
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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H Social Sciences (General)
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
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spelling my.iium.irep.46408 http://irep.iium.edu.my/46408/ Housing for bottom 50% income group in Malaysia: Housing satisfaction among elderly and disabled people Shuid, Syafiee H Social Sciences (General) HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare The study focus on housing satisfaction among the low and middle low income elderly and disabled people living in public and private housing in Malaysia. It was based on Housing study for bottom 50% income group in Malaysia conducted by Economic Planning Unit (EPU) and United Nations Development Programmes (UNDP) in 2014. Generally, elderly and disabled also shared similar type of houses with normal person. The paper will highlight the issues faced by the elderly and disabled persons based on the interviews and survey conducted in selected communities. Among the issues including allocation of housing units, size of the unit, health services, public transportation and activities for the elderly and disabled people in the community. The recommendations including that Universal Design be used and a 1Malaysia Clinic be included in all future affordable and low cost housing to enable accessibility for the elderly and disabled. Where renovations are being made in existing units they should also follow Universal Design principles. It is further recommended that public transportation be made disabled accessible as per the International Best Practices, and including the training and certification of taxi drivers. 2015-11 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/46408/4/46408.pdf Shuid, Syafiee (2015) Housing for bottom 50% income group in Malaysia: Housing satisfaction among elderly and disabled people. In: 4th International Conference on Universal Design In The Built Environment 2015 , 23rd-24th November 2015, Putrajaya, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Shuid, Syafiee
Housing for bottom 50% income group in Malaysia: Housing satisfaction among elderly and disabled people
description The study focus on housing satisfaction among the low and middle low income elderly and disabled people living in public and private housing in Malaysia. It was based on Housing study for bottom 50% income group in Malaysia conducted by Economic Planning Unit (EPU) and United Nations Development Programmes (UNDP) in 2014. Generally, elderly and disabled also shared similar type of houses with normal person. The paper will highlight the issues faced by the elderly and disabled persons based on the interviews and survey conducted in selected communities. Among the issues including allocation of housing units, size of the unit, health services, public transportation and activities for the elderly and disabled people in the community. The recommendations including that Universal Design be used and a 1Malaysia Clinic be included in all future affordable and low cost housing to enable accessibility for the elderly and disabled. Where renovations are being made in existing units they should also follow Universal Design principles. It is further recommended that public transportation be made disabled accessible as per the International Best Practices, and including the training and certification of taxi drivers.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Shuid, Syafiee
author_facet Shuid, Syafiee
author_sort Shuid, Syafiee
title Housing for bottom 50% income group in Malaysia: Housing satisfaction among elderly and disabled people
title_short Housing for bottom 50% income group in Malaysia: Housing satisfaction among elderly and disabled people
title_full Housing for bottom 50% income group in Malaysia: Housing satisfaction among elderly and disabled people
title_fullStr Housing for bottom 50% income group in Malaysia: Housing satisfaction among elderly and disabled people
title_full_unstemmed Housing for bottom 50% income group in Malaysia: Housing satisfaction among elderly and disabled people
title_sort housing for bottom 50% income group in malaysia: housing satisfaction among elderly and disabled people
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/46408/4/46408.pdf
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