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Introduction: The Malaysian Government has organized a number of initiatives and programs to address key issues related to housing provision. These relate to affordability, adequate supply, quality and sustainable development. All these aspects need to be addressed during the housing development process. Within the government’s framework, a number of key trusts and important strategies have emphasised sustainability principles to improve the basis of existing housing provision not only to reduce the impacts of environment degradation but to achieve more balanced and affordable developments

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Bond UniversityResearch RepositoryAffordable Housing in Malaysia: Embedding SustainabilityOsman, MarinaPublished: 01/01/2012Document Version:Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of recordLink to publication in Bond University research repository.Recommended citation(APA):Osman, M. (2012). Affordable Housing in Malaysia: Embedding Sustainability. Poster session presented atResearch Week 2012, Gold Coast, Australia.General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright ownersand it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.For more information, or if you believe that this document breaches copyright, please contact the Bond University research repositorycoordinator.Download date: 10 May 2019AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONTEXT AND ISSUES·  Sufficient Supply·  Inhabitable Condition·  Homeownership·  Reputation·  Financial Support·  LegislationGOVERNMENT ROLES·  Public Agencies·  Local Government·  State Government·  Federal GovernmentHOUSING POLICY GOALS·  Provide Physical Social Foundation·  Improve Health & Well-being·  Affordable·  Sustainable DevelopmentBARRIERSLITERATURE REVIEWS INTERVIEWSCONTENT ANALYSISSUSTAINABLE HOUSING CHARATERISTICBRIDGE SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICEPhD Research Topic:Affordable Housing in Malaysia: Embedding SustainabilityOVERVIEWThe Malaysian Government has organized a number of initiatives and programs to address key issues related to housing provision. These relate to affordability, adequate supply, quality and sustainable development. All these aspects need to be addressed during the housing development process. Within the government’s framework, a number of key trusts and important strategies have emphasised sustainability principles to improve the basis of existing housing provision not only to reduce the impacts of environment degradation but to achieve more balanced  and affordable developments.This research was motivated by the need to bridge the gap between current development practices and sustainability principles in affordable housing, which is embroynic in Malaysia, and thus enhance the practical delivery of sustainable affordable housing. Further, in order to ensure recent sustainable housing policy is implemented, the participation of involved professionals during the housing development process is crucial. The complexity of embedded issues entails different interlinked perspectives during the process and requires the fostering of appropriate transdisciplinary approaches. In an endeavour to understand the effectiveness of the Malaysian sustainability initiatives and to investigate underlying issues in affordable housing development, content analysis has been used as a primary research method applied to documented acts and guidelines to review the current state of adopted housing policy. Meanwhile, semi-structured interviews have been conducted at three levels of government, namely local authority, state and federal, to identify practical issues and their connectedness.RESEARCH OBJECTIVESThis research, through a combination of literature review, content analysis and semi-structured interviews, aims to:1. investigate emergent issues in the practices of affordable    housing development and motivation toward sustainability    principles.2. identify sustainable affordable housing characteristics.3. investigate the implementation of sustainable housing in the    process of affordable housing development in Malaysia.4. develop a framework that demonstrates successful outcomes     of sustainable affordable housing development in Malaysia.RESULTSThe expected results from data analysis activities will enable improvement of the sustainable affordable housing framework and demonstrate successful outcomes in the delivery of sustainable affordable housing development especially in Malaysia.BIBLIOGRAPHYBiggs, M. and Buchler, D. (2011), ‘Trans-disciplinarity and new paradigm research’, in Doucet, I. and Janssens, N (eds), Trans-disciplinary knowledge production in architecture and urbanism: towards hybrid modes of inquiry, Springer.Salama, AM. and Alshuwaikhat, HM. (2006), ‘A trans-disciplinary approach for a comprehensive understanding of sustainable affordable housing’, Global Built Environment Review, 5, 35-50.Turcotte, DA. and Geiser, K. (2010), ‘A framework to guide sustainable housing development’, Housing and Society, 37, 87-117.Winston, N. (2010), ‘Regeneration for sustainable communities: barriers to implementing sustainable housing in urban areas’, Sustainable Development, 18, 319-330.Winston, N. and Eastway, MP. (2008), ‘Sustainable housing in the urban context: international sustainable development indicators sets and housing’, Social Indicator Research, 87, 211-221.Marina OsmanCentre for Sustainable Healthy Communities

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