Adoption of technology by the low-income population segment: The low-cost hot water heater case

The employment of means for efficient use of water and energy are being increasingly incentivized, in relation to the sustainability of buildings. In Brazil, there is much concern regarding the difficulty of getting low-income segments of the population to adopt energy-saving technologies. This study provides guidelines for the inclusion of manufactured, low-cost solar water heaters (LCSWH) in low-income housing in combination with environmental education of this segment of the population. Therefore, a group of dwellings located in a low-income community in Campinas SP, Brazil, was selected for installation of LCSWHs, which were assembled and installed by the study population itself, who also participated in environmental awareness workshops. Particularly apparent in the results obtained, was a tendency to reduce energy consumption by using the LCSWH, attributable in part to behavioral changes from environmental awareness; and that the planning, application or organized systematization of knowledge is feasible in low-income housing, provided it is not promoted solely by dependency culture, since the objective is to provide an instrument for self-discovery, mobilization and participation by the population.     

Comfort and Burden: The Changing Meaning of Home for Owners At‐Risk of Foreclosure

The home is a meaningful site of security, control, and comfort. On the basis of ethnographic data, this paper examines how the meaning of home changes for people at‐risk of foreclosure and how their subsequent actions are shaped by these meanings. I explore shifts in the meaning of home, with particular attention to the interaction of race, family structure, and immigrant status in these constructions. As owners respond to foreclosure threat, interactions with lenders further leave owners with a sense that the process is beyond their control, threatening ontological security and a sense of being at home in the world.     

英国“可负担住宅”的建设及其启示

英国的"可负担住宅"是其保障性住房制度的主要内容,是该国完备的社会保障体系中的重要一环。研究和考察这一"可负担住宅"的运作机制与成功经验,将会对我们改进和完善经济适用房、廉租房等保障性住房制度产生重要的借鉴意义。     

中国居民住房支付能力测度及影响因素分析

分析居民住房支付能力的影响因素是制定合适政策、持续释放中低收入阶层住房需求、促进经济增长的前提,而中国区域间的显著差异为此提供了极好的数据平台.在两步骤分析框架下的实证检验表明：中国各省级区域的住房支付能力存在显著且持续扩大的差异;在具有显著影响的因素中,住房价格、贷款利率水平、家庭非住房消费比例与居民住房支付能力负相关,家庭收入、家庭储蓄、住房公积金缴存额与住房支付能力呈正相关.     

城镇住房需求结构及其应用分析

将扩展线性支出系统模型(ELES模型)用于住房市场需求结构分析,引入住房基本需求和住房超额需求的概念和分析方法,以西安市为例进行研究发现:西安市城镇居民的住房消费表现为改善性的追求居住舒适、豪华以及投资、投机性的超额需求占很大的比例;认为目前中国的住房市场结构必须以分析住房作为基本居住需要的基本需求的满足情况与其超额需求的发展状况,及其相互的比例;从西安市的住房需求结构透视全国的情况,认为中国城镇居民将住房价为投资品对房价上涨起到推波助澜的作用,不利于房地产市场的健康发展;对此提出了具体的建议。     

重庆市人口老龄化对住宅市场的影响分析

城市人口的数量、结构以及变化趋势均会对房地产市场特别是住宅市场产生直接或间接的影响。重庆市已进入老龄化社会,且具有以下四类特征：一是老龄人口数量大,老龄化程度高;二是老龄人口增长过快,赡养负担持续加重;三是未富先老和空巢化问题突出;四是人口老龄化区域差异明显。通过建立双对数线性回归模型发现,65岁及以上人口每增加1%将会导致住宅投资额增加1.93个百分点。研究结果表明,人口老龄化将会推动重庆市住宅市场向新的层面继续发展。     

我国城市人口住房状况特征及变化分析——基于“五普”和“六普”数据的比较

当前我们对城市人口的住房自有率、居住面积等基本住房信息并没有清楚的把握,2010年第六次全国人口普查数据为我们精准、全面地分析城市人口住房状况提供了基础。分析我国城市人口住房状况表明：2010年城市人口住房自有率为69．78％,住房自有率比2000年下降了2．2％的原因在于城市流动人口的增加;城市家庭人均住房建筑面积为29．15平方米,虽然人均建筑面积提高迅速,但距离小康居住标准还有一定的距离,并且不同家庭居住空间的差距很大;过去十年城市大规模住房建设,使得城市家庭户各项设施的拥有比例都有不同程度的提高,住房成套率达到81．13％;城市租房户平均租金为473元／月,在最近十年中增长近3倍,并且增长幅度大于住房价格的增长,这反映出城市人口的快速增加对居住住房需求的增加。     

人口老龄化对我国住房消费的影响分析

基于2005-2016年我国30个省市自治区的面板数据,运用单位根检验、Hausman检验和固定效应模型实证分析人口老龄化对住房消费的影响,并分别对我国东中西部地区进行了分区域的实证检验以探讨此种影响的区域性特征。研究发现：人口老龄化对我国住房消费有显著的拉动作用,同时住宅供应面积、地区生产总值对住房消费也有显著正向影响。此外,人口老龄化对住房消费的影响存在显著的区域差异：对东部地区表现为显著正向作用,西部地区则显著为负,而对中部地区影响不显著。