Housing Trends Research Articles

Going minimal: An exploration of reduction as a design method

The purpose of this paper is to reflectively explore minimalist architecture as an architecture that is driven by the reduction-based design method. The discussion aims to reframe the design processes and methods of minimalist architecture as informed by field observation. The phenomenon of applying a minimalist architectural approach has become a trend in small-scale housing in Indonesia lately. In the country, the small-scale residential design processes take place in different contexts and are faced with various limitations, from resources, budgets, land size, materials, and so on. The study will frame this discussion around exploring the reductive design method as a way of responding to these limitations. Informed by design strategies from the modern architecture movement, the study was conducted by observing reduction strategies in eight small-scale domestic design which was published and well-narrated in various media. The study findings demonstrate that the reduction does not only exist in the visual aspect of the design and construction process. It also exist in numerous other design elements, such as materials, forms, spaces, and ornamentation, as a strategic response towards the limitations of various resources.

Systematic Review of Research Trends in Lifestyle and Housing

The concept of lifes‌tyle was initially used in psychology and sociology, but its features gradually gained entry into other fields of s‌tudy, including housing. Various s‌tudies have been conducted on applying housing lifes‌tyle in Iran, as in other countries. In this s‌tudy, the s‌tructure and contents of lifes‌tyle research in the field of housing have been compared to Iranian research. To achieve this goal, 45 English and 13 Persian articles were thoroughly s‌tudied by the sys‌tematic review method. The CASP checklis‌t was used for validity and quality control. The results of this analysis show that there are different views on the methodological approaches so it is sugges‌ted to use mixed methods. Housing lifes‌tyle s‌tudies can be divided into four types of micro and macro scale design, residential preferences, energy consumption in the building, and the meaning of housing. Research on the international scale in the field of meaning and energy consumption is less than design and residential preferences. This is more evident in Iranian s‌tudies and should be further s‌tudied in the field of housing planning, residential preferences, and building energy. The number of lifes‌tyle factors in international s‌tudies is broader than in Iranian s‌tudies. However, there is a gap in the field of subjective lifes‌tyle and its psychological issues.

Digital credit scoring for affordable housing finance: Syntellect and Reall in urban India

A promising field of housing finance innovation is digital approaches to assessing the creditworthiness of low-income borrowers, based on the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence to ‘alternative’ customer data. These reduce the risk of lending to underserved customers, many of whom work in the informal sector and lack formal credit histories. This article introduces and explores the emerging application of digital credit scoring technologies to affordable housing in India, through the practitioner lens of Syntellect – a Mumbai-based fintech firm – and their investor Reall, an innovator in climate-smart affordable housing. Syntellect has developed proprietary software called RightProfile – a unique customer profiler that caters to the unbanked, new to banking, and new to credit segment with a focus on informal micro-entrepreneurs. The article shares Syntellect and Reall’s experience to date, situating these within broader affordable housing trends and reflecting on the transferability of RightProfile outside India.

Konut Piyasalarında Makroekonomik Faktörlerin Etkisi: ABD Örneği

This paper analyzes the effect of macro-economic, financial and commodity market indicators on housing markets. We compare the efficiency of the models generated by Generalized Linear Models (GLM) and Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS) according to method free measures for estimating the housing market trend. These models are used for the first time to identify the influence of macro-economic indicators on housing markets and the estimation of the trend in housing markets to our best knowledge. The empirical analysis focuses on the US housing market, and the illustration of the proposed models is done through the monthly historical realizations of S\&P/Case-Shiller National Home Price Index (HPI) and the US macro-economic indicators over the period from 1999-January to 2018-June. It contributes to the literature by highlighting the interaction between macro-economic indicators and housing markets and analyzing the mechanism of housing markets. The findings indicate that the house price trends are estimated with more accuracy and these models capture the joint influence of explanatory variables. Further, the MARS method is shown to outperform GLM compared to the prediction and forecasting power.

Trends in Zero-Energy Buildings and Housing and the Future

Trends in Zero-Energy Buildings and Housing and the Future

Bubble Detection in Housing Market: Evidence From a Developing Country

There is an upward trend in housing prices around the world, and Pakistan is no different either; being a developing county, it is facing a rising population. Due to this, the demand for housing has exceeded its supply and in turn rinsing their prices. This study is the first attempt to identify housing price bubbles in Pakistan from 1972 to 2018. The data are available on an annual basis, and to capture the price volatility, it is converted into a quarterly and monthly format. The Generalized Supremum Augmented Dickey–Fuller (GSADF) test is used to detect multiple bubbles. Monthly data showed more episodes of bubbles than yearly and quarterly data; in each case, it reported two periods of bubble episodes. The results of the house price dynamics suggest a higher return with high risk in the short run.

Noise complaints in New York City and their relationship with housing cost—Before and after COVID

This work explores how escalating New York City rent and noise dissatisfaction may interrelate, and whether pre-pandemic trends held up during 2020 and beyond. Are there parts of town that combine affordable rent and low noise complaint rates? Can past complaints and housing trends predict when and where noise complaints are most likely, and does this hold up in a city on lockdown? Using eleven years of New York City “311” hotline noise complaint records (over three million individual complaints) and combining these with neighborhood rent statistics, comparisons can be made on a local level. A positive correlation is apparent between monthly median rent and monthly noise complaint rate in every borough and sub-district in the city. Whether this is causal or inflationary coincidence is uncertain, and massively increased complaint rates during lockdown defy past trends.

PERSONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PREMISES OF THE IGS HOUSING AND SETTLEMENT RESEARCH IN THE YEARS 1920–2020

The aim of the article is to indicate the personal and institutional reasons for IGS’s pursuit of housing and settlement issues in the period 1920–2020. The facts presented in the article prove the important role of these premises in the activities of IGS. They indicate two distinct trends in housing and settlement research, often manifested in the achievements of the same researchers. The first is the „photographic” trend based on the method of induction, deciphering the housing and settlement issue with surveys of the questionnaire and memoirs, which constitute an important element of investigations into the living conditions of selected groups of the population. The second – the „process-structural” trend that tries to look in a more deductive and reductive way, confronting the past with scientific ideas about an unrecognizable future, especially the more distant one. An example of the possibilities inherent in the processes of convergence of the „photographic” and „process-structural” trends are studies of the housing situation of seniors extended to the problems of more distant in terms of spatial availability of infrastructure elements and the settlement structure that define the inhabited space. This requires further research with the common denominator of intergenerational justice

DIRECTIONS OF IMPROVEMENT OF ACTIVITY OF HOUSING AND COMMUNAL ENTERPRISES

The purpose of this study is to analyze the theoretical foundations of management and trends in housing and communal services, to develop recommendations for tariffs formation for maintenance services of buildings and adjacent areas. To achieve the objectives of the article, the authors used a set of scientific methods that ensure the conceptual integrity of the study, in particular: methods of statistical and comparative analysis, which allowed to assess the dynamics of change in the housing sector objectively; induction, deduction, theoretical generalization to explore foreign experience in the management of housing and communal services; historical and logical – for the study of housing reform; methods of dialectical logic, induction, deduction – to substantiate the strategic directions of development of utilities; comparative and statistical analysis – to study the effectiveness of housing and communal services; economic and mathematical – to improve the tariff payment system for utilities and forecasting individual indicators. The hypothesis is proved that transparency and close interaction with consumers of utility services and improvement of the services tariff will contribute to the efficient operation of utility companies and increase the quality of services provided. The results of this study, considering the world experience and the proposed recommendations, are of interest to housing and communal services, which are trying to strengthen their competitive position in the market by increasing the confidence of their customers and improving the quality of services. The given study contains a description of the main parameters of managing the financial stability of the enterprise by levels of management; reveals the characteristics of modern small restaurant business and the problems that arise during the management of its financial stability; proposals are made to ensure the financial stability of a small enterprise, namely, the proposal is given to pay attention to three main components: the efficiency of use and increase of equity; ensuring solvency by regulating the size and structure of property and capital of the enterprise; ensuring liquidity of assets.

Mieszkalnictwo społeczne w Polsce - wyzwania i ograniczenia

This article explores the need for more intensive development of social rental housing in Poland, especially communal rental housing and social rental housing provided by Social Housing Associations (TBSs). The first section briefly examines the terminology and addresses the main challenges in Polish housing in accordance with the goals of the housing policy programmes. The second section reports on the recent trends in social rental housing. The third section presents selected issues of the recent development of Polish social rental housing. Further, the author tries to evaluate the need for new housing construction by local authorities and by TBSs. Due to the lack of reliable information, the required amount of new housing can only be approximated indirectly. In the next section, she presents legislative initiatives regulating and supporting social rental housing, especially in terms of modifying financial instruments. The final section contains an assessment of progress in social rental housing and proposals for further reforms in Polish housing policy.

Contemporary housing trends in Sarajevo

– Within the last 20 years, there has been witnessed a significant increase of the urban population of Sarajevo, as a result of economic and social migrations. Consequently, this has caused an increasing demand for new housing which is mainly profit-oriented without any beneficial social, environmental or cultural implication. Primary objective of this research is to analyze the current situation and to assess the quality of the buildings not only as a housing solution, but as a complex that unites the community who inhabits it. This research will be conducted in a qualitative manner in analysis and statistical approach over the data related to the urbanization, building standards and positive effects of the building. Newly built parts of settlements Otoka and Stup will be used as case studies, since these parts of the city are most influenced by the mass production of the new housing solutions. This paper stresses out the correlation between high demand for the new housing and decreased quality of the housing without respecting minimum spatial and environmental standards, without basic amenities, social infrastructure and recreational and cultural activities. There is a need for improvements in contemporary housing design that will reflect with positive impacts on social, environmental, economic and cultural aspects of urban living.

ВПЛИВ АВІАЦІЙНОГО ШУМУ АЕРОПОРТУ «БОРИСПІЛЬ» НА АКУСТИЧНИЙ СТАН НАЙБЛИЖЧИХ НАСЕЛЕНИХ ПУНКТІВ ТА ЗДОРОВ’Я НАСЕЛЕННЯ

An analysis of the literature shows that over the past 50 years, the aviation industry has achieved a significant reduction in noise. However, the problem still remains and very often leads to numerous complaints from the population, who lives around airports. The current trend of uncontrolled housing in Ukraine around the airports may pose a threat to the population who lives in the surrounding areas. Goal. Hygienic assessment of the acoustic condition adjacent to the airport "Borispol" areas of the nearest residential buildings and its impact on the health of the population living in these areas. Object. The object of the study is a residential building located near Boryspil Airport and the population living there. Research methods. Experimental (acoustic measurements) and calculations (acoustic calculations; calculations of the risk indices) research methods conducted hygienic assessment of the acoustic condition of the adjacent areas to the airport. Research results. As a result of the calculations of the indices, the risk is established that at the current intensity of flights and types of aircrafts included in the risk index, it is assessed as low and moderate. If the intensity of flights is increase in two times, the risk index is estimated as moderate and high level. Conclusions. The acoustic condition of the nearest residential buildings adjacent to the airport in the villages of Martusivka, Hora, V. Oleksandrivka (Kyiv region) and Boryspil does not meet the requirements of LTO №463-2019 for day and night. Aviation noise has a negative impact on the health of the population living in the buildings closest to Boryspil airport (increases the risk of diseases of the nervous, cardiovascular system and auditory analyzer).

PROSPECTIVE TRENDS OF MULTIFLAT HOUSING IN 2021-2035

The article presents an analytical review of promising trends in apartment housing for the next 15 years. In particular, the following trends have been identified: increasing the role of energy efficiency, reducing housing stories, increasing dwelling diversity, increasing the role of environmental and ethical factors in diversifying housing management, modernization, cooperative building retrieval, appearance housing policy.

Multi-phase framework for optimization of thermal and daylight performance of residential buildings based on the combination of ventilation and window design

ABSTRACT The environmental design of residential buildings is an arduous process involving a large number of parameters and objectives . Additionally, with the development trend of high-performance housing around the world, its disadvantage – the risk of overheating – has begun to increase, which further shows the importance of comprehensive optimization of residential buildings. This study presents a highly targeted optimization framework for residential buildings based on the adjustment of window-related parameters coupled with various natural ventilation patterns. Multiple phases are carried out in this optimization framework to optimizes three objectives, i.e. energy consumption, thermal comfort, daylight environment simultaneously. Phase 1 applies various natural ventilation patterns to explore the improvement potential of ventilation patterns. Phase 2 implements a genetic algorithm to achieve the Pareto optimization of window-related parameters. Phase 3 filters more robust Pareto-optimal based on Multi-Criteria Decision-Making logic to meet the different needs of different skateboards and architectures. The innovation and scientific significance lie in parameters include both the building envelope elements and ventilation patterns, as well as highly targeted for residential building. The results show that natural ventilation effectively improves the potential for simultaneous optimization of multiple objectives, and the optimization framework can adapt to residential buildings with various envelope insulation performance.

Housing Single Women

Problem, research strategy, and findings Globally, house sharing among unrelated individuals is on the rise. In this study I use a rare data opportunity to uncover the role of gender in an extreme form of shared housing, the case of bed space rentals in Shanghai (China). Combining web-scraped online data with fieldwork, I find that women face gendered hindrances as they trade personal space for spatial access to opportunities. In particular, barriers to entry restrict women’s choices in this housing submarket. In addition, they pay a premium of almost 10% to rent in better, less crowded conditions. This rent premium is driven by distinctively gendered housing needs, including concerns for personal safety. My findings are somewhat constrained by the geographical scope. Although contemporary urban China is facing many of the pressures that have been documented in growing cities globally, Chinese cities are uniquely shaped by the country’s socioeconomic and cultural context, including culturally specific gender norms, economic transition, and the hukou household registration system. Still, the findings provide important impetus for gender-conscious planning approaches to shared housing beyond the Chinese context. Takeaway for practice The absence of planning solutions for young adults who increasingly navigate prolonged housing transitions has led to a diversity of informal affordable housing strategies, including sharing of accommodation. Because house sharing ostensibly disadvantages women and potentially puts them at risk, planners need to engage gender in approaching the emergent shared housing trend.

TRADITIONAL VALUES VERSUS MODEM CONVENIENCES: AN ANALYSIS OF TRADITIONAL COURTYARD AND CONTEMPORARY HOUSE DESIGN TRENDS IN LAHORE

Courtyard house, as one of oldest forms of housing tradition, is a remarkable form of residential architecture due to its attributes of naturally climate controlled spaces, spaces of peace and seclusion and as a central nucleus (a social space) around which domestic life revolves. In Lahore, visible transformation of housing trends has continued after independence (1947) with several emerging issues of growing population, rapid densification and exponentially rising land value. By 1960s and 70s, bungalow style of housing with a flavor of modernism inspired middle and upper middle income people to adopt modern life style. All these facts impelled courtyard style of housing into complete disuse. Researchers and designers are certainly aware of the need to cope with local climatic and energy crisis problems in residential architecture to enhance physical comfort of inhabitants which needs to analyze design and performance patterns of traditional courtyard houses, in comparison to modern detached houses. This research paper, through analysis of two local case studies in Lahore, explores how a courtyard house can be revived with minimal interventions to achieve climatically responsive houses that would be address adequately the climatic concerns. Findings on evolution and aspects of housing typologies (courtyard house, detached and semidetached houses), followed by comparative case studies analysis, and field investigation through questionnaire and interviews supplement research methodology for this paper.

Exploring Young Europeans’ Homeownership Opportunities

Even before the 2008/9-crisis but certainly afterwards, trends in labour, housing and mortgage markets combined with welfare reform, making it more difficult for each new cohort of young Europeans (25-34) to complete the transition to ‘residential independence’, particularly to become a homeowner. This paper explores ‘trends in homeownership opportunities’, using data from EU-SILC (2005-2018). It takes a broader perspective by exploring trends in its social selectivity, as well as changes in the ‘attributes’ of homeownership over time. Young adults’ homeownership opportunities have declined almost everywhere in Europe, but to varying extents. Furthermore, a more socially selective group of young homeowners seems to be entering properties of lower quality in locations with fewer services. Deteriorating homeownership opportunities are strongly associated with mortgage lending restrictions, indicating that trends in housing and broader financial markets/policies are important explanatory factors. I also find indications that the transition to homeownership is being pushed beyond the commonly-used age-threshold of 34 years.

Architectural and typological priorities creating comfortable urban environment in future cities

The contemporary world provides new features for people and society, which is why it is necessary to reform the habitation structure. Different countries meet differently their strong demand for personal accessible and comfortable habitation and urban design. In Europe social housing and renovation programs are in progress. In Asia the high-rise housing is in priority due to super urbanized conditions. Microdistrict development in Russia is comfortable for developers, but not for citizens. To mark movement from such a practice we developed the new typological criteria based on quarterly principles. Nowadays European practice is full of flexible and lovely architectural solutions in different profiles. It might be a detached dwelling complex or a new development area as well. The article discusses the main trends in housing based on famous European projects. The most universal methods and solutions are summarized, which turned out to be especially in demand. The results highlight the general typological principles of the residential buildings formation, which can be implemented in Russia.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Housing

In this chapter, I discuss innovation and entrepreneurship in residential real estate and construction (housing). Based on R&D spending and patent statistics, housing does not appear to be a very innovative sector. But in the last two decades, there has been a significant increase in the amount of investment going to real estate technology companies. I discuss the companies and technologies which have drawn the most attention from investors. I then review the literature on two major innovation trends in housing: the growth of the internet as a tool for housing search, and the development of home-sharing platforms which allow homeowners to use their homes as short-term rentals. These innovations have likely increased the efficiency of housing markets, leading to higher quality matches between buyers and sellers, and more efficient utilization of space. However, the effects are hard to measure due to the difficulty of separating quality changes from price changes. In comparison to residential real estate, there appears to have been less recent innovation in residential construction. In many areas, residential construction is artificially constrained by local land use policies, and estimates from the literature suggest that relaxing these constraints could increase economic growth significantly. Finally, I discuss anti-competitive practices in real estate which may hinder entrepreneurship and the adoption of new innovations, and I discuss how innovation and entrepreneurship in other sectors may affect the housing market.

Research on Forecast of Beijing Housing Price based on Spatial Gray Markov Model

In recent years, with the continuous advancement of the economy, the real estate industry has developed rapidly, which has led to the persistent rise of housing prices. How to understand the changing trend of housing prices reasonably and formulate corresponding policies to effectively control them has become a social problem for the government departments. However, to maintain the housing development, it is critical to monitor and predict housing prices accurately so as to support the decision-making process in the housing field. Based on the actual data of housing prices from January 2018 to March 2019 in Beijing, this research has built a model named Spatial Gray Markov Model, through combing the gray GM (1,1) prediction, and other models, to predict the housing price in Beijing. And the result shows that the Spatial Gray Markov Model is much better than the other models in forecasting, and we get a better outcome that the error and accuracy of the predicted has improved and its accuracy is increasing of 0.31% compared to that of the Grey GM (1, 1) prediction value.