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Under-privileged housing – The jordanian experience

By: Al-Zoubi Y.Y. 1, Al-Shehab S.A. 1
1Department of Architecture, University of Jordan, Jordan

Abstract

This paper studies, analysis, and discusses the housing for the poor: problems and solution that have spread in Jordan since 1970’s. The paper contains Sex sections. It contains an introduction. And the second section explains the understanding of the poor in Jordan. The third section studies the enumeration of the census, dwellings since (1922). The beginning of economic and social plans and its relationship with housing projects. The fourth section discusses the instruction of king Abdullah II to concerned ministries, governmental departments and foundations to create suitable single and separate houses for poor families. The fifth section concentrates on the analysis of the possibility to having suitable space, vertical extension and unit-cost factors. The sixth section and final section gives the negative and positive results and analysis of the outcome. Copyright©2012 IAHS.