| dc.description.abstract | The need for housing in urban area increases rapidly in line with population
growth. For inhabitant who can't afford a house, even a simple house, chooses to
rent to meet his/her need for housing. The decrease of people income level cause
housing affordability problem, and for those who rent a house is a most vulnerable
group facing the problem. This study aim is to investigate tenant's characteristic of
simple house in regards with housing affordability level at Rumah Susun Sukaramai -
Medan.
The quantitative method and descriptive analysis is deployed in this study. The
quantitative method is applied to identify tenants housing affordability level using
perspective outgoings to income ratio (OT/). Subsequently based on the housing
affordability level, the tenant's characteristics are analyzed using descriptive
approach, so that policy recommendations are formulated to address the housing
affordability problem according to their characteristics.
This study finds that tenants generally afford the simple house, such as flat type
21, type 36 and type 54. However, their housing affordability levels are decreased in
line with the increase rent. Tenants of flat type 54 are very vulnerable to face housing
affordability problems. Characteristics of these tenants pay the rent higher than other
flat types tenants, their income are up to Rp 4.300.000 per month, the expense for
housing is about forty percents of the monthly total expenditure. They generally feel
more satisfied on the size and quality of the building flats compared to other types
flat tenants. Moreover, they put a higher priority on access to public transport and
public facilities than to workplace in choosing a house. Based on those conditions,
simple flats in private rental sector are very potential to be developed to meet the
housing needs of low-moderate income groups. Government thus has to pay attention
to this sector as an alternative in providing houses for people, particularly for lowmoderate
income groups. | en_US |
