Residential satisfaction with affordable housing in northern Iran
ISSN: 0168-2601
Article publication date: 6 April 2023
Issue publication date: 15 January 2024
Abstract
Purpose
The current study is an attempt to investigate the residential satisfaction and prioritize effective components on residents' satisfaction based on household surveys conducted in eight Mehr housing complexes in Mazandaran province located in different counties of this region.
Design/methodology/approach
In the current work, using software of SmartPLS 3, second-order confirmatory factor analysis has been employed to evaluate and rank influential factors on residents' satisfaction.
Findings
As a result of descriptive analysis, 51.8% of the respondents were highly satisfied with Mehr housing complexes. Moreover, the results showed that there was the highest level of satisfaction (76.3%) with the security, while the lowest one (34.4%) was related to satisfaction with the facilities of the housing complexes. The standardized coefficients obtained showed that the components of physical characteristics (0.901), facility (0.863), neighborhood relationship (0.810), visual quality (0.774), security (0.737) and environmental health (0.715) have the most influence on the satisfaction of the residents, respectively.
Originality/value
This paper proved that migration has a significant effect on the level of residents' satisfaction, in multicultural cities. Therefore, it is crucial to promote social interaction and involvement among different ethnic groups in residential complexes that can result in intimacy, hence satisfying sociocultural needs, improving neighborhood relationships and consequent satisfaction of residents in Mehr housing projects in Iran.
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Acknowledgements
The author is grateful to anonymous reviewers for their reviews and comments, which significantly improve this article.
Citation
Ahmadi, F. (2024), "Residential satisfaction with affordable housing in northern Iran", Open House International, Vol. 49 No. 1, pp. 144-162. https://doi.org/10.1108/OHI-09-2022-0226
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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