Housing Affordability Problems among Young Households

Authors

  • Zafirah Al Sadat Zyed Department of Estate Management, Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya, Malaysia
  • Wan Nor Azriyati Wan Abd Aziz Department of Estate Management, Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya, Malaysia
  • Noor Rosly Hanif Department of Estate Management, Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22452/jscp.vol7no1.2

Keywords:

housing;, young households;, housing affordability;, housing problems;, housing policy

Abstract

Young households are facing various challenges especially as a new entrant in the employment sector. More specifically, there have been worries that young households may not be able to afford a house due to the increasing house prices and cost of living. The aim of this paper is to ascertain the housing affordability problems among young households in Greater Kuala Lumpur. The aim is supported with two objectives which are to identify the housing affordability problems among young households and to discuss the relationship between the identified problems. This paper adopts the case study method and Greater Kuala Lumpur is chosen as the location of the case study. This paper concludes that the main problem faced by young households is limited supply of affordable housing in the market. Even more, the perceived affordable housing in the market is open to all income groups which suggest that young households has to compete with other income groups in the market for homeownership.

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Published

2016-06-30

How to Cite

Al Sadat Zyed, Z., Wan Abd Aziz, W. N. A., & Hanif, N. R. (2016). Housing Affordability Problems among Young Households. Journal of Surveying, Construction and Property, 7(1), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.22452/jscp.vol7no1.2

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2016)

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