Community Housing Research Articles

Association between house characteristics and community practices on anophelines distribution and malaria prevalence during a larviciding program in the city of Yaoundé-Cameroon.

Association between house characteristics and community practices on anophelines distribution and malaria prevalence during a larviciding program in the city of Yaoundé-Cameroon.

Real Property Supremacy: Manufactured Housing and the Limits of Inclusion through Finance

Manufactured housing (MH) communities have emerged as a high-profile and lucrative asset class. Despite this, it is costly or impossible to get loans to buy homes in most mobile home parks. This article explores this ostensible contradiction—that whereas MH parks are desirable and liquid assets, the individual homes that compose them are not. We explore the implications of this contradiction for housing justice as well as financial and environmental vulnerability. We argue that the marginality of MH in U.S. housing markets is rooted in the privileging of real property above personal property. We describe the origins and impacts of this “real property supremacy” in two parts. In the first, we outline the macro-historical context of real property supremacy using a variety of sources, including interviews with federal officials and industry experts as well as document analysis. In the second, we connect this macro context to its micro consequences, drawing on interviews with MH residents, nonprofit and social-service practitioners, and park managers and owners in Tucson, Arizona. We conclude that state-supported property hierarchies create conditions where constrained housing options, semiformal financial practices, and unique tenure forms combine to (re)produce unique and intersecting forms of vulnerability in MH communities.

ANALISIS FAKTOR PENYEBAB MASYARAKAT LAMA MEMBANGUN RUMAH BERBENTUK PERSEGI PANJANG DAN KESESUAIANNYA TERHADAP PRINSIP RUMAH TAHAN GEMPA

As an earthquake prone area, building earthquake-resistant houses is a basic necessity for Bengkulu Province residents. The simple symmetrical house plan provides better structure to withstand earthquakes. Batu Kuning is a village located in Ulu Manna District, South Bengkulu Regency, Bengkulu Province. This village is a village that was affected by the earthquake in 2000 and 2007, as well as other earthquakes, although the impact was not as big as the two earthquakes. In the event of the earthquake, several houses were not heavily damaged or destroyed so they are still inhabited today. Observations made by the author found a tendency for the shape of the house to be simple, symmetrical and tend to be rectangular. The research method was carried out by distributing questionnaires to respondents with a total of 26 samples. The results of the questionnaire were processed and analyzed using the SPSS Version 26 program, which included data validity and reliability tests. The results obtained showed 26.72% in strength and resilience factors, 25.63% in economic and cost factors, 25.63% in construction factors, and 22.02% in customs and environmental factors. The dominant factor is the construction factor, with an indicator that the construction of a rectangular house is easier to work on. The suitability level of old people's houses with the principle of earthquake-resistant houses shows that 73.08% uses a continuous river stone foundation with a depth of more than 45 cm. 92.31% of the old community house structure in Batu Kuning Village, Ulu Manna Subdistrict, using wooden columns and beams. The use of lightweight (zinc) roofs is in accordance with the principles of building earthquake-resistant houses.

The case for indoor temperature in heat health warning systems: deployment of a real-time indoor temperature data ecosystem in community housing

The case for indoor temperature in heat health warning systems: deployment of a real-time indoor temperature data ecosystem in community housing

Incomplete-ownership property communities: Informal gated communities in Beijing and the issue of life satisfaction

Informal housing and social inequality are key issues when building sustainable societies in many developing countries. Informal gated communities on the urban fringe are common in many cities in China. This article presents a micro-case in Beijing in an attempt to uncover the reasons for this informal land development and its impact on residents' life satisfaction. We investigated three groups of people, namely local rural villagers who hold local rural Hukous, local urban residents who hold local urban Hukous, and migrants without local Hukous who live in informal communities in Beijing. We found that villagers, migrants and local urban residents have significant differences in economic income levels, housing areas and subjective satisfaction with their quality of life. Although the difference in subjective well-being between migrants and urban people is not obvious, those who own illegal housing in informal communities have higher levels of happiness than those who rent housing. It seems that ownership of informal housing plays a positive role in enhancing life satisfaction, despite it being illegal. These findings enhance our existing knowledge of the formation mechanism and the effects of informal development.

Cultural considerations in the assessment of sensitivity in low-income caregivers in Ethiopia.

Caregiver sensitivity is associated with positive child outcomes, and improving sensitivity is often the aim of parenting-directed interventions. However, sensitivity was conceptualized in Western cultures, and its application in populations with different backgrounds is still limited. This study aimed to foster a contextualized cultural understanding of the meaning and nature of sensitivity by assessing the possibility of evaluating sensitivity in a low-income population living in Ethiopia and describing the nature of (in)sensitive parenting. Moreover, the associations between sensitivity and discipline, the quality of the environment, and individual characteristics were explored. Parental sensitivity was coded on naturalistic video-recorded observations of free interactions between 25 female primary caregivers and their children. Caregivers completed questionnaires on discipline strategies and the level of satisfaction with the environment (access to basic needs, quality of house condition, community and family support, quality of learning opportunities, and working conditions). The assessment of sensitivity in this population was possible, with caregivers showing the full range of sensitivity levels. A description of manifestations of sensitivity in this population is provided. A K-means cluster analysis evidenced that high sensitivity was associated with high satisfaction regarding housing conditions and family environment. No association between sensitivity and discipline emerged. The findings show the feasibility of assessing sensitivity in this sample. The descriptions of observed behaviors contribute to understanding culturally specific aspects of sensitivity to consider when assessing sensitivity in similar populations. The study provides considerations and guidelines to inform the structure of culturally-based interventions to promote sensitive parenting in similar cultural and socioeconomic situations.

Placemaking and public housing: the state of knowledge and research priorities

This article examines the international literature on placemaking – practices or initiatives that encourage a sense of place – in public housing communities. Placemaking is likely to be particularly beneficial to public housing tenants, and is a current priority for public housing providers; yet reviews of placemaking research have failed to consider public housing. Our systematic quantitative review of 63 English-language journal articles reveals that the field is dominated by qualitative cross-sectional studies conducted in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, in the context of regeneration, and published in social science journals. Our thematic analysis of this literature shows that placemaking is supported by forming relationships and participating in community activities, by access to quality public space and amenities, and by spending time and forming memories in a place. The review therefore provides guidance to public housing providers and reveals the need for particular research, including longitudinal studies, and studies conducted in both redeveloped and existing communities.

PENGUATAN MASYARAKAT LITERASI MELALUI KOMUNITAS LITERASI “KARSA” DENGAN PENDEKATAN COMMUNITY BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH (CBPR)

The low interest in reading is still a serious problem faced by the Indonesian government. One of them occurred in Kandangan Village, Senduro District, Lumajang Regency. This was due to the lack of public awareness about the importance of literacy culture, lack of interest in learning, and limited facilities and infrastructure that supported reading activities. So that researchers were interested in studying reading interest through the formation of a literacy community. This study aims to describe the community as an intermediary medium for strengthening public interest in reading through the Community Service Program research program. The method used in this research was CBPR (Community Based Participatory Research) by involving the community in program implementation as partners. The result of this research was the formation of a literacy community which is intended as an intermediary media to increase public literacy, with this it is highly expected for the advancement of literacy, especially at SMPN 2 Senduro. Community strengthening was carried out through several actions, including FGD (Focus Groups Discussion), literacy socialization, establishment of reading house and KARSA literacy community. With this, it can make the sustainability of literacy culture in Kandangan Village.

PENDAMPINGAN PERAYAAN MAULID NABI MUHAMMAD SAW. SEBAGAI UPAYA PENINGKATAN INTERAKSI SOSIAL MASYARAKAT

The social interactions that have occurred recently have begun to be eroded by individualist and materialist life patterns. Likewise, communication patterns that are increasingly sophisticated with advances in information technology add to the length of the problem of social interaction in society. This community service was carried out to assist in celebrating the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad SAW. to realize an increase in social interaction during the Grand Sangatta housing community, East Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan Province. It was hoped that the birthday Prophet Muhammad SAW implementation could increase togetherness, mutual help, unity and integrity among residents of the Grand Sangatta housing. The method used in this service was the participatory action research method. The service results showed that the social interaction in the middle of the Grand housing community Sangatta was getting more intense. It could be seen from the increasing enthusiasm of the community in participating in activities carried out together as if Khotmil Qur'an at the end of the month, Yasinan and Tahlilan on Friday nights, reading the Al-Waqiah letters every Saturday night, and working together to clean up residential areas. Thus, community service in the form of accompanying the celebration of the Prophet Muhammad's Birthday could positively impact related to social interaction in the Grand Sangatta Housing community.

Factors to be considered in the design of indigenous communities' houses, with a focus on Australian first nation housing in the Northern Territory

Housing in remote Australia's Indigenous communities has remained an unsolved challenge after many years of effort. Factors to be considered in remote housing have been researched broadly but rarely taking a holistic design point of view. This requires the inclusion of all factors that affect the success of a design project (eg resources, physical and social environment and processes). This study is a response to the question: which factors should engineers consider in their remote Indigenous communities building projects? In this study, these factors were extracted from a literature review. Special emphasis was put on resources related to the Northern Territory remote housing. Ten key factors which thus form goals for the establishment of any project were found after filtering and organising the findings from different publications. Experts in remote housing from the government, private sector and academia were then interviewed to gather their opinion on the solutions with respect to each factor. The results of this study will provide designers with a practical to-do list for planning and implementing their projects in remote communities. Further, the results could be used by decision-makers in developing policies.

Role of Interactive Spaces as Social Binding Agent and its Degree of Influence in Residential Cluster Development

Most of the housing projects made by state government sector are inclusive of various types of interactive spaces where these spaces have planned and unplanned interactive areas. These spaces are sound and vibrant in a community. This study aims to analyze the role of interactive space as a social binding agent in the housing community. This paper is about different forms, elements of interactive space in the residential complex of the state government sector, and their degree of influence that enhances the social aspects in the police quarters in the context of Tamil Nadu. The study mainly concentrates on the change and difference in space that acts as a social binding agent in people’s daily livelihood. The qualitative method and case study method of research are adopted. The purpose of the study is to understand the importance of interactive spaces that behave as a relative component between the built environment and the social environment. These spaces have various elements together form these spaces. According to the differing time age usage, these spaces express various vibrant forms as active and inactive spaces with different components and degrees of influence on place and activity Keywords - Housing, Group housing, Government quarters, Interactive spaces.

“They’re not feeling the love they need to feel”: HIV stigma and other intersecting stigmas among Black gay and bisexual men and transgender women in house and ball communities

Introduction: Stigma negatively influences engagement in HIV prevention and care. This study explores how young Black gay and bisexual men and transgender women (GBT) in the House and Ball Community (HBC) experience HIV and other intersecting stigmas. Method: We conducted phenomenological analysis of interviews with 60 young Black GBT HBC members and 30 older leaders of the HBC. Result: Participants described experiences of enacted, perceived, and internalized HIV stigma and intersecting stigmas related to race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender identity, gender expression, and body size, as well as their responses to HIV stigma. Intersecting stigmas shaped and reinforced one another, leading to isolation and increased HIV vulnerability. Conclusion: Interventions to ameliorate intersectional stigma and its effects are needed to improve primary and secondary HIV prevention in the HBC.

COMMUNITY SERVICE AT SUTERU FARM, TEGAL WARU VILLAGE, CIAMPEA DISTRICT, BOGOR REGENCY

Suteru Farm is a Holland fries (FH) dairy farm that was established in 2013, with 32 biological assets and a farm area of 11,000m2. The location of this farm is in the vicinity of the community housing of Tegal Waru Village, Ciampea District, Bogor Regency, where the average layout of the residences is still far from one another so that they still have vacant land to plant productive plants. Our goal in conducting community service activities at Suteru Farm is to help form a community forum for producing feed crops around the farm, optimizing vacant land to become productive for plant feed by providing knowledge and skills for the community in cultivating feed crops, providing knowledge and skills in making fermentation green plants from cultivation to marketing, providing skills in livestock financial management. Efforts made for Suteru Farm and other farms in the Tegal Waru Village area need to offer several solutions including: 1) Optimization of vacant land around the community's residential yards by cultivating forage in the form of grass and legumes; 2) Application of preservation technology including fermentation; 3) Centralized management in one container for the management of fermented cattle feed so that it goes directly to the hands of the farm; and 4) improve the financial management of livestock in order to increase profitability. The target that we set for this activity is to run within 8 (eight) months, through the field survey method of potential vacant land, Forum Group Discussion (FGD) with Suteru Farm management and representatives of the local community by discussing knowledge about forage crop cultivation, forage grass fermentation and marketing. , lectures and trainings, practices from the solutions offered to mentoring.

Recruitment and Enrollment of Low-income, Minority Residents of Urban Public Housing into Research.

Research participation among vulnerable populations is often limited by the same socioeconomic factors that contribute to poor health. Identifying best practices for inclusion is critical to addressing health disparities. Urban public housing communities bear a disproportionate burden of chronic disease and may represent an opportunity to directly engage historically vulnerable populations in research designed to ultimately reduce that burden. We used mixed-method data to analyze recruitment effectiveness among a random sample of households (N = 380) across two public housing developments in Boston, MA who were approached for participation in a pre-COVID oral health study. Quantitative data from detailed recruitment tracking methods was analyzed to assess the relative efficiency of the methods employed. Field journals of study staff were qualitatively analyzed to identify community-specific recruitment barriers and facilitators. The participation rate among randomly sampled households was 28.6% (N = 131), with participation from primarily Hispanic (59.5%) or Black (26%) residents. Door-to-door knocking with response yielded the highest participation (44.8%), followed by responses to informational study flyers (31%). Primary barriers to enrollment included references to unemployment and employment variations, shift work, childcare responsibilities, time demands, and managing multiple appointments and social services. This study finds active, door-to-door knocking and return visits resolved barriers to participation, and reduced safety concerns and historic distrust. It's time to consider how best to adapt effective pre-COVID recruitment practices for utilization under current and future exposure conditions as effective recruitment of populations such as urban public housing residents into research is only becoming more important.

Monitoring of COVID-19 in wastewater across the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Wastewater-based epidemiology is being used as a tool to monitor the spread of COVID-19 and provide an early warning for the presence or increase of clinical cases in a community. The majority of wastewater-based epidemiology for COVID-19 tracking has been utilized in sewersheds that service populations in the tens-to-hundreds of thousands. Few studies have been conducted to assess the usefulness of wastewater in predicting COVID-19 clinical cases specifically in rural areas. This study collected samples from 16 locations across the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan from June to December 2021. Sampling locations included 12 rural municipalities, a Tribal housing community and casino, a public university, three municipalities that also contained a prison, and a small island with heavy tourist traffic. Samples were analyzed for SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2, and variant gene copies using reverse transcriptase droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (RT-ddPCR). Wastewater N1 and N2 gene copies and clinical case counts were correlated to determine if wastewater results were predictive of clinical cases. Significant correlation between N1 and N2 gene copies and clinical cases was found for all sites (⍴= 0.89 to 0.48). N1 and N2 wastewater results were predictive of clinical case trends within 0-7 days. The Delta variant was detected in the Pickford and St. Ignace samples more than 12-days prior to the first reported Delta clinical cases in their respective counties. Locations with low correlation could be attributed to their high rates of tourism. This is further supported by the high correlation seen in the public university, which is a closed population. Long-term wastewater monitoring over a large, rural geographic area is useful for informing the public of potential outbreaks in the community regardless of asymptomatic cases and access to clinical testing.

KONFORMITAS DAN KOHESIVITAS SEBAGAI MANAJEMEN KOMUNIKASI ANTARBUDAYA WARGA TIONGHOA DI KABUPATEN BOGOR

The purpose of research is to know the cultural ethnic cohesiveness in the conformity of local wisdom, a study of social construction and management of intercultural communication among Chinese citizens in Bogor Regency. By using qualitative descriptive method and analysis, the several findings were obtained. First, in the Chinese Village of Inkopad-Inkopol, West Bogor, the cultural cohesiveness has been initiated since the colonial era, through a family approach. The conformity of local wisdom is shown by the involvement of ethnic Chinese in "abangan" Islamic worship. Second, in the Chinese Community Housing Cinere Depok, the cohesiveness is more visible on the socio-economic side. When the Chinese community shows their simplicity of living in a rural village, there is an interaction of closeness and togetherness. There is a kind of inclusiveness. The local cultural conformity is shown through the mixed of Chinese citizens in supporting social and cultural activities. Third, at the Wihara Amurwa Bhumi Cibinong, Chinese Ethnic Communication Forum, the Chinese are more dominant in showing their organizational character and ancestral culture that they continue to fight for. The cultural cohesiveness occured precisely in an exclusivity strategy. As a result, the exclusivity gave birth to uniqueness, which turned out to be a kind of tourist attraction for the surrounding community. This area is actually very well known for its ethnic performances.

Acts of Citizenship in Time and Space among Agricultural Migrant Workers in Quebec during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Migrant farm workers recruited under Canada’s temporary employment programs work in difficult environments, under poor working conditions, and live in unsafe housing in remote rural communities. Fearful of repatriation or replacement, many accept their working and living conditions as part of a necessary sacrifice to improve their living conditions and those of their families in the countries of origin. At the same time, some migrant farm workers assert their agency by escaping from farms, subverting regulations, or challenging various forms of discipline used to control their bodies and activities. Following Isin and Nielsen (2008), we refer to these actions as “acts of citizenship.” Drawing on research conducted among migrant farm workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in the province of Quebec, Canada, we situate these acts, particularly the tendency to escape from abusive and exploitative working relationships, in a particular space and time shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, we demonstrate the link between these acts and certain conditions and opportunities that arose at that time, such as increased support for migrant farmworkers by a non-governmental organization and the facilitation of movement of migrant farmworkers across the Canada-U.S.-border by the “migration industry.”

Pengaruh Indikator Kesejahteraan Rakyat terhadap Pertumbuhan Ekonomi di Provinsi Jambi

Economic growth is one indicator of successful development. An important indicator for knowing the economic conditions in a region in a certain period can be shown by the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GDP) data. An economy is said to experience a change in its development if the level of economic activity is higher than that achieved in the past. Thus, the higher the economic growth, the higher the social welfare. Jambi Province is one of the provinces on Sumatra Island whose economic growth is still below national economic growth, so it is necessary to develop a strategy to overcome this problem. This study uses multiple regression analysis to determine the variables of the people's welfare indicators that influence GRDP in Jambi Province by district/city. From the analysis results, two variables affect the GRDP value in Jambi Province: the percentage of houses with proper sanitation and IPM. It can be concluded, if the Provincial Government of Jambi wants to increase GRDP, then development can be directed at improving proper sanitation services in community housing environments and increasing the IPM of Jambi Province.

Carbon assessment of building shell options for eco self-build community housing through the integration of building energy modelling and life cycle analysis tools

To achieve the UK's net-zero carbon transition by 2050, new homes need to be designed to high energy efficiency standards and minimise life cycle carbon emissions. This study develops a method that integrates building energy modelling (BEM) and life cycle assessment (LCA) tools, IES Virtual Environment (IES VE) and One Click LCA, to conduct a life cycle assessment of the operational and embodied carbon impacts of a typical terraced building shell in an eco self-build community housing (ESBC) project, using Water Lilies as a case study. It evaluates and compares the 60-year life cycle carbon impacts of six design options that apply different insulation materials to the case study building shell. The results are based on grid-connected Future Energy Scenarios (FES) that have different carbon intensities predicted over time and the microgrid-connected Water Lilies Community Energy (WLCE) scenario that is operationally net-zero carbon. Depending on the FES, embodied carbon accounted between 59 and 80% of total emissions compared to 20–41% from operational carbon across design options. The results show that operational carbon is highly sensitive to the percentage of renewables in the energy mix of the grid, which is difficult to predict, and can significantly influence the design choice. As such, future researchers should account for predicted changes to the carbon intensity of the grid by applying a similar method to that proposed. Overall, the integration of IES VE and One Click LCA provided a more streamlined life cycle assessment to help inform early design decisions by enabling energy consumption simulation in BEM to assess operational carbon emissions and the automated transfer of building materials from the BEM model to the LCA tool to assess embodied carbon emissions. The limitations included the unavailability of material-specific data in early design stage plans, the inability to automatically transfer the timber frame structure from IES VE to One Click LCA, and the uncertainty of future energy trends.

Aging in Place in the Triad: Community Housing Solutions

By Cheryl Brandberg. CHS is a small, local nonprofit construction company whose construction team members assess and design home modifications and solutions to address accessibility and aging-in-place.