AFFORDABLE HOUSING DELIVERY FOR THE LOW-INCOME GROUP IN YEMEN A STUDY FOR AL-SALEH HOUSING PROJECT AS A PILOT MODEL | ||||
| JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences | ||||
| Article 4, Volume 44, No 6, November and December 2016, Page 703-725 PDF (1.18 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesaun.2016.117625 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Abdulmalek Al-Jolahy | ||||
| Dept.of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| This paper studies Al-Saleh Housing Project as a new model for affordable housing delivery for the low-income group in Yemen. The first phase of the project comprised construction of 5,018 housing units (apartments) with total built up area of 430,890 m2, distributed in eight governorates. To highlight the housing solutions that came out of the project, the research methodology included, along with the analytical and evaluation study of the project, the collection and analysis of data related to the existing housing status, former public housing projects and the involvement of the private sector in housing activities. It was found that, Al-Saleh Housing Project provided practical solutions to make housing units affordable and suitable for the majority of the low-income beneficiaries, in technical and financial aspects, i.e. quality, appropriateness, low-cost, ease payment …etc. The project also established a wider and more comprehensive housing stage than their predecessors and has continuance measures. The study reached to the importance of a continuous delivery for affordable housing through a housing policy that needs to take into account the integration and empowerment of the private sector as a key partner in housing supply, and to arrange for the development of a regulatory framework for housing, as well as national engineering norms to guide and control the quality and safety in implementing the low-cost housing buildings. At the end, these arrangements are intended to lead to the growth and development of housing trade, as a feeder to the sustainable development in all Yemeni cities, in the direction of the housing problem solution. | ||||
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