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
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/46408/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46408/4/46408.pdf

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spelling	iium-464082018-06-25T01:01:19Z 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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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/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46408/4/46408.pdf
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Housing for bottom 50% income group in Malaysia: Housing satisfaction among elderly and disabled people

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