Prioritizing Requirements for Sustainable Affordable Housing in Iraq

Abstract

The aim of this paper is highlighting the crucial issues that should be addressed when it is required to achieve sustainability through affordable housing projects. Thus, it is crucial to investigate the international frameworks for sustainable affordable housing from literature survey in order to understand the practices of sustainability within housing development affordability around the world to derive the criteria required for local priorities. A questionnaire was developed to determine and prioritize requirements for sustainable affordable housing for projects in Iraq. These requirements were categorized according to the three pillars of sustainable triple bottom line: social, environment, and economic. These requirements were prioritized for sustainable housing and found that the highest prioritized requirements are those which achieve balanced social, environment and economic pillars, while requirements with lower priorities were those of social pillar only.