Issues and challenges in contemporary affordable public housing schemes in Malaysia developing an alternative model

• Main Authors: Bilal, Muhammad, Mydin Meera, Ahamed Kameel, Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Emerald 2018
• Subjects: HG Finance; HG3368 Islamic Banking and Finance
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/75369/7/75369%20Issues%20and%20challenges%20in%20contemporary%20affordable.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/75369/8/75369%20Issues%20and%20challenges%20in%20contemporary%20affordable%20SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/75369/; https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJHMA-11-2018-0091/full/html
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

This study aims to examine the issues and challenges in contemporary affordable public housing schemes and proposes an alternative affordable public housing model for low and middle income households in Malaysia. It adopted a qualitative research method using semi-structured in-depth interviews and focus group. The findings reveal that the growing plights of unaffordability, poor maintenance and mismanagement have undermined the performance of affordable public housing schemes in Malaysia. It further indicated that IPHCM model can help in reducing the financial burden on low and middle income house holds