Despite the importance of housing for people’s well-being, there is little evidence on the causal impact of housing and housing improvement programs on health and welfare. In this paper, we help to fill this gap by investigating the impact of a largescale effort by the Mexican Government to replace dirt floors with cement floors on child health and adult happiness. We find that replacing dirt f...

Housing satisfaction, crucial for sustainable post-disaster resettlement housing, has received limited attention in research. This study aimed to identify households’ perceived importance of housing satisfaction factors and their significance programs. Focusing on Nepal’s Panipokhari Integrated Settlement after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, it identified relatively significant using mean scores, ...

Tax-exempt status has long been perceived as appropriate for the traditional retirement home (i.e., congregate housing and life-care facility), which serves the elderly and typically experiences low profit margins. An organization that is both organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes or for testing for public safety may qualify ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between housing conditions and low birthweight and preterm low birthweight among low-income women. METHODS A case-control study was conducted with post-partum women living in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil, in 2003-2005. Two groups of cases, low birthweight (n=96) and preterm low birthweight infants (n=68), were compared against normal weight...

There is a substantial research literature on residential mobility in general, and the role of housing space in triggering moves in particular. The authors extend that research to mobility in British housing markets, using data from the British Household Panel Survey. They confirm the applicability of the general residential mobility model and also confirm the value both of pooled cross-section...

This is a most worth-while volume, that should be read by social workers in particular and humanitarians in general. Within small bulk, it lays bare, without offence to those who are labouring now in this field, the great need of the inhabitants of Common Lodging Houses, to be understood in the first place, and to be given the help they so sorely need, in the second. The survey is well planned,...

Housing is an essential requirement for all human beings. Therefore, the government has established certain laws and regulations housing acquisitions. Human needs are just as vital presence of amenities when it comes to housing. In addition serving a place living daily activities, plays crucial role in facilitating social interactions engaging activities among people.. To fulfill needs, open sp...