Land Strategies - Land strategies to address low-income housing in Suleimany city, Kurdistan Regional Government.

Land Strategies - Land strategies to address low-income housing in Suleimany city, Kurdistan Regional Government.

Faraj, Y.

Boelhouwer, P.J. (mentor)
De Jong, P. (mentor)

Architecture and The Built Environment

Real Estate & Housing

Housing Policy, Management and Sustainability

2014-01-22

This research examines the land delivery system and development within the housing sector in Suleimany city to achieve the objective of providing affordable housing for the low-income households. The Kurdistan Region is a federated region in Iraq that has experienced very strong socio-economic growth in the last ten years coupled with a strong contrast between poverty and wealth. The populated city in this region, Suleimany city, has also undergone this phenomenon. The ever-widening gap between rich and poor is symbolized by the stark disparity in the quality of the living environment. The current young government does not have proper regional housing policy nor does it have an adequate land management system. According to figures (Mumtaz 2011), the city of Suleimany needs more housing for its target groups. In order to achieve the maximum benefit, the report will be limited and emphasis will be put on the land issues and the low-income household. As for this research this significant housing aspect will be further elaborated to find a solution for the housing problem. According to UNESCAP and UN-Habitat (2008), for the urban poor there is probably no more fundamental problem than their inability to access decent, secure land for even the most minimum housing needs.

land
housing
low-income

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Student theses

master thesis

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