The factors affecting the level of comfort among low cost housing occupants / Mohamad Iqram Daud and Noraini Johari

Low cost housing construction in Malaysia encountered many problems in terms of ensuring comfortability of the occupants. Lack of comfort adversely affects the social quality rate of low cost housing developments. Review of previous literature proves that the factors affecting the level of comfort among low cost housing occupants consist of physical and non-physical elements. This research identifies the factors affecting the level of comfort among the low cost housing occupants; and ranks the factors most affecting the level of comfort among low cost housing occupants. Interpretation of the analysis and findings uses descriptive analysis and frequency methods. The design of the questionnaire is in a nominal and six-point Likert Scale type aimed at finding the factors most affecting the level of comfort among low cost housing occupants. The results from this research arise from a survey made on low cost housing occupants in the Town of Seri Iskandar specifically in Taman Maju, Taman Iskandar Perdana, and Bandar Universiti. The findings indicate that the factor that mostly affects the occupants’ level of comfort is the adequacy of space where most of the respondents agree that it vastly affects their comfort while living in low cost housing areas.