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Integrating Household Economic Factors into National Affordable Housing Policy Frameworks for Low-Income Groups

Malaysia's housing policies have struggled to meet affordability needs despite significant supply efforts. This research examines how policy frameworks can be adjusted to better account for household income and economic volatility.

Open to researchMBA suitableQualified 82/100P4 provenance
Primary research question

How can national housing policies be redesigned to better incorporate household income and economic stability factors?

Knowledge gap

What remains worth asking

The source suggests that current policies often exclude critical economic variables, so it remains useful to test the impact of income-indexed housing subsidies.

Potential contribution

Why it may matter

This work provides a basis for more responsive and effective housing policy design in developing economies.

Academic placement

OECD fields and topic tags

Urban PlanningEconomicsPublic Policy

Scope: National housing policy implementation in Malaysia. · Method signals: Comparative analysis, Econometric modeling

Possible study pathways

One question, different levels

Professional master’s / MBA

Public sector housing strategy and financial sustainability

Research master’s

Housing policy evaluation and urban economics

originalityModerate
methodologyModerate
Data accessModerate
ethicsAccessible

Qualification signal

82/100

  • Focuses on policy effectiveness and economic alignment.
  • Open-access scholarly source and DOI metadata verified

Provenance

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APA 7 source

Liu, J., & Ong, H. Y. (2021). Can Malaysia’s National Affordable Housing Policy Guarantee Housing Affordability of Low-Income Households?. Sustainability, 13(16), 8841. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13168841

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