End-users participation approach towards effective housing occupancy in Malaysia: a review

• Main Authors: Isa, Abdul Anakobe, Mohd. Jusan, Mahmud
• Format: Article
• Published: British Journal Publishing 2012
• Subjects: TH Building construction
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/31786/; http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:69283
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Having considered housing as vital among other human needs, various governments have geared efforts towards providing housing for their citizens but there exists the challenge of occupancy in most cases. This study aims at investigating the housing delivery system in Malaysia in relation to occupancy status and takes a systematic evaluation of some existing literature on the end-users relevancy in building projects acceptability. The study uses computer search web namely, science direct, Scopus, web of science and Proquest to access the research keywords. Thus, the literature reveals that there exists a remarkable non-occupancy in Malaysia’s housing system. This study proffers end-users’ participation in Malaysia housing delivery system as an approach that could eradicate non-occupancy.