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1 The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at Housing shortage for low-income in Yemen: causes and suggestions Wa el Alaghbari, Azizah Salim and Kamariah Dola Faculty of Design and Architecture, Architecture Department, University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, and Abang Abdullah Abang Ali Housing Research Center, University Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Selangor, Malaysia Abstract Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors that cause housing shortage for lowincome groups in Yemen and recommend some solutions to alleviate the problem. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire survey has been used as the tool to carry out this study. The first part of the questionnaire consisted of three groups namely: economic, administrative, and legal factors. The second part consists of suggestions on housing supply, construction methods, and materials used for low-cost housing in Yemen. The level of importance of the categories was measured and the relative importance of weightage was ranked. Findings The results show that the most important economic factors causing housing shortage were poor handling of available economic resources and shortage of economic resources. The most important administrative factors causing housing shortage were lack of organization and synchronization and not conducting studies on housing. The most important legal factor causing housing shortage was lack of legalization of housing. Originality/value The findings could be used to improve housing policies and strategy in Yemen in order to decrease the housing shortage, particularly for the low-income group. Keywords Housing, Low pay, Disadvantaged groups, Yemen Paper type Research paper Housing shortage for low-income 363 Received 16 April 2009 Revised 25 April 2009 Accepted 6 June 2009 Introduction Housing plays a very important role in the human life and its society. Housing has a tremendous social and economic impact on our lives and the way we live. It has direct and immediate influence on health, education, economy, environment, political and social life of any society (Sinha, 1978). The problem of shortage of houses for the lowincome group in developing countries is critical. High levels of poverty and unemployment, and increased land cost have contributed to the formation of squatter settlements surrounding many urban centers in developing countries. This form of urban sprawl mainly represents people who have obtained employment in urban centers, but cannot afford accommodation within the cities (Bordignon, 1998). Moreover, Sinha (1978) mentioned that the conventional method is becoming expensive and the housing provision is very slow considering the speed of the growth of demand. Yemen is one of the developing countries that suffer from the problem of housing shortage. The high growth of the population of Yemen and the return of more than a million of its immigrants after the second Gulf War have caused an increase in the demands of housing. This is also due to the continuous use of conventional construction method as well as the slow-pace of construction and its increasing cost of housing. The problem has worsened as the government is not making the necessary plans or arrangements to meet these demands and solve consequences of this issue. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis Vol. 2 No. 4, 2009 pp # Emerald Group Publishing Limited DOI /

2 IJHMA 2,4 364 The rapid urban growth has also made the need for adequate housing for the lowincome group an important concern of the Yemeni government, especially in Sana a Djebarni and Al-Abed (2000) and Al-Abed (2003). The main problem lies in the need for houses particularly for the low-income group. The problem experienced by the low-income group can be observed clearly through the informal housing patterns such as the existence of squatter and slum areas, which are built as an urgent and immediate solution for this group of people. The problem of housing shortage is worsened as the government did not have the necessary plans or arrangements to meet the increasing demands. This paper seeks to identify the factors that cause the problems of housing shortage for the low-income group in Yemen and will recommend some solutions for these problems. Housing in Yemen The problem of housing in Yemen does not differ much from that of other developing countries, in terms of importance and causes. A group of variables that relate to most aspects of life affects housing. These factors are mentioned in the United Nations report in (1996). These factors are as follows:. Population: the increasing number of population; 15,804, 665 persons as of (1994), 16,500,000 in (1997), 19,607,000 in (2002) and 20,727,063 in (2005) (National Centre for Information, Yemen, 2007).. Yearly population growth rate was an average of 3.7 percent in (1994) (World Bank, 2000) and 3.5 percent in (2005) (National Centre for Information, Yemen, 2007).. Average of family size in Yemen is 6.6 people in (1994) (Haglan, 1998), and 6.9 in 2004 where the average of family size in Sana a is 6.5 people (Yemen National Census, 2004).. Number of housing units in Yemen were 2,192,458 units in (1994) and increased to 2,834,437 units with 267,125 units in Sana a (Yemen National Census, 2004). Aldhabebi (2007) mentioned that the housing shortage in Yemen is 787,069 units including the replacement of some of unsuitable units. This number of housing shortage excludes the rented units and Islamic organizations ownership units (wakf) which are 512,919 units (Yemen National Census, 2004). The total housing shortage in Yemen is 1,299,988 units.. Yemen has no financial or human resources with which to start any housing projects, especially projects to cater for the low-income group. It also does not have the necessary managerial expertise for these projects.. The city of Sana a, within its capacity as the capital of Yemen, has undergone tremendous urban growth in the last half century. It has the fastest-growing towns in the nation (Yemen National Census, 2004). The Yemen national censuses of 1994 and 2004 show that the number of population in Sana a city increased rapidly from 1,003,627 in 1994 to 1,747,627 in 2004 with an annual growth of 5.5 percent, which is an increase of 2.5 percent or more than the annual population growth of Yemen. The growth has created a higher urban land demand than the previous decades, leading to significant change of landscape and land uses. Housing is a big problem in Yemen, especially for political, financial and social planners. It is most noticeable in large cities, like the political capital, Sana a that represents a prime example of the problem. The households of the four main cities (Sana a, Aden,

3 Taiz and Hodaidah) represent 12 percent of the population (World Bank, 2000). Urban dwellers made up 28 percent of the entire population of the Yemeni Republic in Al-Ansi (2006) presents that the growth rate of urban population in the four main cities is 10 percent, where 3 percent is due to natural growth and 7 percent is growth due to internal migration. The main causes of internal migration are as follows:. Economic factors, as most ministries and departments, public institutions, semipublic businesses, and other businesses are in the cities where jobs are available.. Political factors, resulting from these cities being the center of management, organizations and media outlets.. Social and cultural factors represented by the provision of health, educational services, and a sense of cultural cohesion.. The existence of old buildings (50 years and above) which have started to deteriorate, and they must be rebuilt or replaced every year because of the high land cost. The buildings that are demolished every year are an approximate 2 per cent of the total housing units in Yemen, which, in turn are estimated at 2,192,458 housing units. As such, 44,000 units must be built annually as replacements.. The problem of housing has increased due to the Gulf crisis, as tens of thousands of Yemeni expatriates returned from various Gulf countries especially from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. This has led to a minor housing emergency, which needs to be dealt by the authorities responsible for housing plans, and a solution for this problem needs to be found. Housing shortage for low-income 365 Methodology The sampling frame for the questionnaire in this study was purposive sampling which was used to select the samples based on the specific purposes of answering a research question. Data for the study were collected from the questionnaire by interviews with professionals such as architects, structural engineers, projects managers, and consultants who are working in the housing sector in the Ministry of Public Works and consultant companies in which these respondents were deliberately selected to obtain important information. A total of 60 samples were selected for the professionals interview surveys where 55 samples were finally used in the analysis as five samples were incomplete and rejected. Twenty-nine percent of the professionals in this survey are qualified in civil engineering, 49 percent are in architecture, 12 percent are in project management and 10 percent are working in the housing sector. Data analysis Descriptive statistics were conducted for comparing the mean of all factors and their percentage. The respondents identify variables that they perceived as likely to contribute to ranking the suggestions of professionals for housing supply, materials and construction methods for low-cost housing by responding to a scale from 1 to 5. The five rating Likert scale is 1 ¼ very strong relationship, 2 ¼ strong relationship, 3 ¼ medium relationship, 4 ¼ weak relationship, and 5 ¼ very weak relationship or no relationship. This scale was chosen to avoid neutral answers which do not provide answer on the strongest or the weakest with the statements. Mean score (MS) of each factor was

4 IJHMA 2,4 366 calculated by using the following formula (Chan and Kumaraswamy, 1996; Alaghbari, 2005; Alaghbari et al., 2007, 2008): P ðf sþ MS ¼ ð1 MS 5Þ n where MS ¼ mean score, f ¼ frequency of responses to each rating (1-5), s ¼ score given to each factor by the respondents and ranges from 1 to 5, n ¼ total number of responses concerning that factor. Result and discussion There are many factors influencing housing supply such as economic condition, housing cost, and availability of credits. Factors influencing housing supply in Yemen The survey demonstrated that 86 percent of the professionals responded that there is a shortage of low-cost housing for the low-income group in Yemen. The people build their own houses in Yemen and there is no housing supply by the government until now. The lack of housing supply in Yemen is related to many factors, which are summarized as follows: Economic condition Figure 1 of the result revealed that 60 percent of poor handling of available economic resources caused housing shortage in Yemen. The result showed that 25 percent of it is related to the shortage of economic resources. Alaghbari (2008) found that the economic condition and incertitude cost of exchange money was the fourth significant factor influencing the housing cost in Yemen. This result was also stated by Ofori (2000) that the economies of many developing countries are currently confronted by severe difficulties owing to a combination of lower commodity prices, higher energy costs, falling exchange rates, and rising inflation. In addition, UNCED (1992) and CIB/UNEP-IETC (2002) the Agenda 21 for sustainable Figure 1. Economic factors causing housing shortage for low-income in Yemen

5 construction in developing countries identified main factors such as using economical solutions and appropriate cost effective technologies in construction systems can bring down the cost of construction within the affordability level of the people. The result in Figure 2 indicated that administrative factors caused housing shortage in Yemen where 42 percent are related to the lack of organization and synchronization and 36 percent are related to not providing studies on housing. The housing sector affects the broader economy. As stated in the housing policy paper of the World Bank (1993), housing investments, employment generated by the housing sector and costs are the real effects that the housing sector has on the economy. In Figure 3, the results revealed that legal factors also caused housing shortage in Yemen Housing shortage for low-income 367 Figure 2. Administrative factors causing housing shortage for low-income in Yemen Figure 3. Legal factors causing housing shortage for low-income in Yemen

6 IJHMA 2,4 368 and especially in Sana a. A total of 90 percent of housing shortage is because of the lack of legalization and policy of housing. Moreover, the absence of law and legalizations of housing caused the absence of encouragement of investments in the housing sector. Housing cost in Yemen Alaghbari (2008) mentioned that there are many factors influencing housing cost in Yemen. The most significant factor influencing housing cost is land cost. The cost of land is very high in Yemen. Most lands are owned by the private sectors and some people use the land in business as easy ways in investing their money. This increases the demand for lands and subsequently increases the cost of lands in the market. In addition, the cost of cement is the second factor and the cost of steel for reinforced concrete is the third factor influencing the cost of housing in Yemen. Sultan and Kajewski (2005) presented that the building construction costs in Yemen registered an increase in rates year after year at scales much faster than inflation. The increase in the cost of basic input materials like steel, cement, brick, timber and other materials as well as the cost of construction labour, buildings cost increased at around 20 to 30 percent annually. Baharoglu et al. (2005) presented that the ratio of the price of house to income in Yemen is the highest compared with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region countries and also the growth of demand is very high. Suggestions for resolving housing supply Alaghbari (2008) found that most households in Yemen do not have the ability to afford own houses. Therefore, it is necessary for these people to get a loan from banks in order to purchase their houses. The result of the survey on the professionals suggestions for resolving housing supply for low-income in Yemen is presented in Table I. It shows that ready made houses built and distributed by the government is the best suggestion for resolving housing supply for the low-income group in Yemen. Table II shows that the professionals had some suggestions for housing shortage solutions. These are that government should build public housing projects for the Table I. Professionals suggestions for resolving housing supply for low-income in Yemen Suggestions for resolving housing supply Ranking Mean SD Ready made houses build and distributed by the government Staged building start with basic house (core house) Basic traditional building (good physical qualities) Personalized help (self-build) Suggestions to solve housing shortage problem Ranking Mean SD Table II. Professionals suggestion a solution of housing shortage problem for low-income in Yemen Public housing projects for low-income Establish new housing strategy Government financial support people Establish new policies Banks loans for long time (more than 20 years) Encouragement the investments in housing Authorities, government and non-government organizations build houses Suggestions of housing types for low-income

7 low-income group and distribute the houses for the people, to establish new housing policies and the government s financial support to the people. Construction methods of low-cost housing Table III shows that the concrete frame was suggested as the best construction method for low-cost housing projects in Yemen in meeting the needs of low-rise flats. Currently, traditional methods (concrete blocks or stone walls and wooden roof covered by mud) are still used in Yemen because of the high prices of cement and steel which are used in the concrete frame. The physical quality of the traditional method is poor and needs to be improved. The traditional method is slow which cannot meet the high demands of housing. Low-rise flats were suggested to be used in housing projects to increase the density and to reduce land cost. In addition, there is one disadvantage of using this traditional method; it cannot be used in building multi-story houses. Housing shortage for low-income 369 Materials of low-cost housing It is very clear from Table IV that the professionals suggested the concrete blocks as the best material to be used in low-cost housing project for the low-income group in Yemen. Moreover, the local cheap stones were suggested as the second choice material to be used in low-cost housing. This finding is as same as the study conducted by Al-Kahtani and Al-Darzi (2007), which found that concrete blocks are the best choice available for lowincome people in Yemen. However, the cost of stone is about ten times more than the concrete block. The using of concrete block recommended by Al-Kahtani and Al-Darzi (2007) as a new and good alternative can be chosen and adopted in housing construction for the lowincome group in Yemen. The uses of new building materials as well as concrete blocks are needed to accompany the development (Dewsbury et al., 2002 and Alsaleh, 2004). Conclusion The results show that 60 percent of housing shortage was due to poor handling of available economic resources, while 25 percent was due to shortage of economic Construction method suggested for low-cost housing Ranking Mean SD Concrete frame Traditional method (concrete blocks or stone walls and wooden roof covered by mud) External and internal load bearing walls External load bearing walls and central concrete columns Industrialized building systems Other construction methods Table III. Professionals suggestion for construction method of low-cost housing Materials suggested for low-cost housing Ranking Mean SD Concrete blocks Local cheap stones Other materials as (sandwich panels) Local blocks (yagoor) Burn red blocks Table IV. Professionals suggestion for materials of low-cost housing

8 IJHMA 2,4 370 resources. In addition, there were also administrative factors causing housing shortage for the low-income group in Yemen. The results show that 42 percent of the housing shortage was attributed to lack of organization and synchronization, 36 percent to not conducting studies on housing and 90 percent to lack of legalization of housing. Moreover, the absence of law and legalizations on housing has caused the absence of investments in the housing sector. Housing finance programs are still premature in Yemen. Therefore, some of the professional respondents have suggested that the government build low-cost housing projects for low-income groups and distribute the houses equally to the people. The professionals have suggested that the concrete blocks were the best material to be used in building internal and external walls for low-cost housing in Yemen. However as the high cost of land in Yemen was also a problem as in some cases, it has accounted for 40 to 50 percent of the total cost of houses. Therefore, the professionals have suggested that low-rise flats or apartments would be the best low-cost housing type instead of high-rise flats or apartments because the latter needs high technology and sophisticated construction methods, which are expensive. In addition, the professionals have also suggested that the reinforced concrete frame structure would be the best structure to be used and the traditional method was suggested to be the best construction method in housing projects but some professionals suggested that the new systems as well as the IBS could be used in big projects. Recommendations Based on this study, the following recommendations are made: (1) Sourcing for cheaper building materials, housing systems and appropriate financial resources need to be taken seriously by the government in the provision of low-cost housing in Sana a, Yemen. (2) The increasing land demand has increased land prices, forcing low-income people to settle outside the planned boundaries. Therefore, planning procedures need to be simplified as much as possible. The government needs to be responsible for functional urban planning and the delivery of serviced land, which provides offsite infrastructure. (3) The government should increase land subsidies to control the land cost and to meet the high demand for land. The government should increase subsidies for cement and steel to meet the rapid demand for these materials. References Al-Abed, M. (2003), The development of housing in Sana a: changes in built environment from indigenous to spontaneous, Science and Technology Journal, Vol. 1, pp Alaghbari, W.A.M. (2005), Factors affecting construction speed of industrialized building systems in Malaysia, Master s thesis, School of Graduate Studies, University Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor. Alaghbari, W.A.M., Mohd. Kadir, M.R.A., Salim, A. and Ernawati, F. (2007), The significant factors causing delay of building construction projects in Malaysia, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Vol. 14 No. 2, pp Alaghbari, W.A.M., Salim, A., Ali, A.A.A. and Dola, K. (2008), Factors influencing housing cost in Sana a Yemen, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Built Environment in Developing Countries 2008, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, 3-4 December.

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10 IJHMA 2,4 372 World Bank (2000), The Republic of Yemen comprehensive development review environment, available at: (accessed 30 November 2004). Yemen National Census (1994), Central Statistical Organization, Ministry of Planning and International Coop., The National Census of Population, Houses and Constructions, Sana a. Yemen National Census. (2004), Central Statistical Organization, Ministry of Planning and International Coop., the National Census of Population, Houses and Constructions, Sana a. About the authors Wa el Alaghbari obtained a BSc in Architectural Engineering in 1995 and has worked as a Lecturer in the Engineering Faculty, Architecture Department, Sana a University, Republic of Yemen. He obtained an MSc in Project Management in 2005 from University Putra Malaysia. Currently he is a PhD candidate in Architecture Studies, Faculty of Design and Architecture, University Putra Malaysia. Wa el Alaghbari is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: wail42311@yahoo.com Azizah Salim is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Design and Architecture, Architecture Department, University Putra Malaysia. Kamariah Dola is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Design and Architecture, Landscape Department, University Putra Malaysia. Abang Abdullah Abang Ali is a Director of the Housing Research Center (HRC), Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia. To purchase reprints of this article please reprints@emeraldinsight.com Or visit our web site for further details:

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