ABSTRACT

The housing agenda shifted its paradigm from housing as basic needs to housing as rights. It became widely contested when ‘affordable housing’ entered the discourse. Contextualising it for Penang island within the ‘Right to the City’ principle, the element of place-making emerged which questions a person’s right to construct one’s own habitat, or is it constrained to decisions by powerful elites. This study attempts to make sense of place-making in Penang island’s affordable housing schemes by dissecting voices from key stakeholders. The qualitative techniques used revealed that home owners are voiceless in the place-making process. A clearer affordable housing definition and a needs-based approach are recommended.

摘要

住房议程已将其范式从作为基本需求的住房转变为作为权利的住房。当“负担得起的住房”进入讨论时，它就引起了广泛的争议。在“城市权”原则下，将槟城岛与周围环境联系起来，出现了场所营造的要素，这种要素质疑一个人建造自己的栖息地的权利，或者受到强大的精英阶层的决定的约束。这项研究试图通过剖析主要利益相关者的声音，使槟城岛经济适用房计划中的占地空间有意义。使用的定性技术显示，房屋所有者在场所制作过程中无声音。建议更明确的经济适用房定义和基于需求的方法。