The application of social attribute on Sustainable Affordable Housing (SAH): Klang Valley Area, Malaysia context

Abstract

Affordable housing has become government initiative in ensuring that all Malaysians are able to own their own homes. Hence, the availability of affordable houses in meeting the needs of the population is the main agenda in ensuring sustainability in affordable housing unit. In this regard, the social attributes representing one of the sustainable dimension are being investigated to see how far this housing development category is capable of meeting the needs of the local population. A total of 24 social attributes were reviewed on residential properties. The data were collected through a questionnaire survey distributed among 400 medium income earner respondents. Three of the respondent’s profile (job status, age and monthly income) were selected to be analyzed on the social aspects studied after presenting a strong significant relationship with affordable housing knowledge. Through the chi square test, the results show that 21 social attributes are very significant on affordable housing and should be fully applied in sustainable affordable housing development.