An intense epidemic of dengue haemorrhagic fever in 1998 prompted the Thai government to investigate the feasibility of focalized vector (Aedes aegypti) control programmes. We tested for correlations of three indices of Aedes larval abundance (housing index, container index and Breteau index) against 38 socio-economic and four climatic variables. Availability of public water wells, existence of...

BACKGROUND Little research has been done into the effectiveness of mental health supported accommodation services. We did a national survey to investigate provision and costs of services and assess service user quality of life and outcomes across England. METHODS We randomly sampled three types of services from 14 nationally representative regions-residential care, supported housing, and floa...

Homeless people are, by definition, isolated from mainstream society. They lack stable housing, and often lack connections with jobs, families, and communities. This paper summarizes what we know about reconnecting homeless people and individuals into the community and in turn fostering self-sufficiency, including improving their residential stability and employability, and reuniting them with ...

The article presents a multidimensional comparative analysis of the impact crude oil and liquefied petroleum gasses (LPG) prices on housing price index in 28 European countries. Research shows that COVID-19 pandemic attack Russia Ukraine have led to similar large fluctuations LPG prices. This, turn, contributed an increase inflation house indices analyzed Such was driven by higher total constru...

Nairobi, Kenya exhibits a wide variety of micro-climates and heterogeneous surfaces. Paved roads and high-rise buildings interspersed with low vegetation typify the central business district, while large neighborhoods of informal settlements or "slums" are characterized by dense, tin housing, little vegetation, and limited access to public utilities and services. To investigate how heat varies ...

The use of short-term rental subsidy vouchers offers a new approach to addressing the housing needs of families facing homelessness. In Massachusetts, the Family Home pilot program placed homeless families in housing instead of shelter, providing two years of rental subsidy plus support services with the goal of enabling families to maintain market rate housing. This mixed-method case study com...

Since 1970, the share of income spent on housing grew along with incomes and the relative price of housing. This rising share is consistent with housing being a necessity when demand is sufficiently price inelastic. We estimate housing demand parameters using compensated and uncompensated frameworks over space and time, testing restrictions imposed by demand theory and household mobility. Estim...

Macro economists have documented the association between consumer confidence dynamics and durables purchases. A similar dynamic exists in China’s urban housing market. At any point in time Chinese consumer confidence hinges on beliefs about the state of the macro economy and the resolution of policy uncertainty related to the national and local housing policies. We build a 35 Chinese city real ...

the study evaluated the physical qualities and satisfaction in students’ housing in selectedstudents’ housing for the university of ibadan. through survey method, eight hostels were purposively selected tocapture variation in gender, level of study and hostel design. the sampling frame showed that 5605 students at ui werefound in 2,147 rooms. one out of every 10 (10%) of the rooms were selected...