Especially aging seniors may find their income has decreased and these very low or low-rent communities are needed. There may also be other qualifications other than income limits. Either the community will be federally-assisted HUD apartments or affordable housing by private investors. Both have in...
In addition, this study found evidence that tobacco smoke contamination in low-income housing developments is not limited to homes with smokers (either residing in the home or visiting). The frequent report of tobacco smoke odour coming from other apartments or hallways resulted in increased levels...
For example, despite the current ugly situation, Xiamen did make a lot of efforts to solve the housing problem of low-income families. Since 2000, the city government has built or renovated large numbers of buildings to create social housings, which were rented out to those in need cheaply....
The purpose of this study is to investigate the life situation, risk exposure, and risk management for people who use drugs who live in an urban area of a region with low access to harm reduction.It asks the question: what does it mean to people who use drugs to have low access to ha...
sustainability Article Improving Thermal Comfort of Low-Income Housing in Thailand through Passive Design Strategies Nafisa Bhikhoo 1,*, Arman Hashemi 2,3 ID and Heather Cruickshank 3 1 Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK 2 School of Environment and Technology,...
Introduction In 1982, California mandated accessory dwelling units (ADUs) as suitable housing for seniors, college students, and low-income households [1]. ADUs (also known as granny flats, in-law, or accessory apartments) are small rental units that are studios or one- or two-bedroom units....
International Journal of Geo-Information Article Toward Model-Generated Household Listing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Using Deep Learning Robert Chew * , Kasey Jones, Jennifer Unangst, James Cajka, Justine Allpress, Safaa Amer and Karol Krotki RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC ...
Thus, low-income communities are particularly disadvantaged in relation to coping with, recovering from, and adapting to climate change and its ill-health effects [3]. A study conducted in households in a Western Cape township consisting of informal and formal houses that assessed indoor wintertime...