Advisory Center for Affordable Settlements & Housing

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Malaysia – Housing price and affordability in housing

Owning a home for shelter and comfort is central to most families’ ultimate plans and is also considered a definition of personal success. During periods of rapid economic growth, many have the notion tha...

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Malaysia – Shariah Resolutions in Islamic Finance

Bank Negara Malaysia has always been at the forefront of the country’s noble pursuit in providing dynamic and cutting-edge support to the Islamic finance industry. In tandem with the burgeoning interest in Isla...

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Hong Kong’s Residential Affordability Index

Roughly 50% of the Hong Kong population live in public rental flats or subsidized housing. Hence, the remaining 50% are potential buyers of private residential property for personal use. Public and subsidized h...

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Public Housing in Hong Kong – Past, Present and Future

The public housing in Hong Kong has gone through a number of transitional stages during the past fifty years. In the 1950 to 1960, public housing was only provided as Emergency Housing/shelter, to resettle the ...

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Chapter 11 of Housing Housing Policy of Hong Kong, 2008

The Government ensures that all those who cannot afford private rental accommodation have access to subsidized  housing. Rents are set at affordable levels. During the year, new legislation was passed to provid...

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Hong Kong Housing Authority’s Statistical Figures 2001, 2001 & 2011

A  graphic presentation of statics of Hong Kong  Housing Authority 2011 based on population, land domestic households, average domestic household size, stock of permanent residential flats and production of per...