Title : Global housing discourses: A systematic literature review
Abstract:
Achieving sustainable development inherently requires the convergence of economic, social, and environmental goals. The vulnerable population, consisting of poorer households, requires greater focus on policy innovation, regulatory tools, and institutional actions regarding social and economic sustainability to mainstream and push sustainable development. The United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), of which SDG 11 is directly dependent on the development of sustainable and affordable housing solutions. The housing affordability crisis and growing statistics of substandard housing are becoming a colossal developmental issue across the globe. Neo-liberal policies have promoted market-oriented development, which has initiated housing commodification (financialization) across developed and developing economies. The financialization of housing has escalated the affordability crisis further and led to concern about increasing speculation in the housing market. This paper investigates and analyzes the various perspectives centered around global housing debates. The research objective of this research is to propose directions for urban housing planning principles derived from synthesizing the global housing debates to guide and facilitate urban planners and authorities in mainstreaming sustainable and social housing development through policy innovation and development regulations. The research methodology follows a systematic literature review of high-quality peer-reviewed journals. Web of Science and Scopus databases were utilized to identify a total of 147 journals. The global housing debates are systematically categorized under economic, equity, and environmental dimensions, ranging from the need to de-financialize the housing market to the capability perspective of housing policy, including inclusionary housing policy, among others. This study goes beyond reflecting the systematic literature review of global housing debates to propose an innovative approach to urban planning by identifying planning principles in the domain of urban housing. The second part of the research objective is achieved by recommending eight urban housing planning principles through extensive analysis of the findings from the literature review.
