Selection of The Criteria Criterion 1: Economic Feasibility Purpose of this criterion is to answer the question, Does the whole benefit and savings of implementation of this alternative outweigh the other costs of implementing it? Alternatives also will be measured for its cost to New Zealand in terms of staff and program resources. An optimum program would require minimized use of these resources. Minimum budget required is being the most desirable outcome under this criterion. Criterion 2:Political acceptability The purpose of this criterion is simple, Somewhat this alternative realistically be applied? In this case the defining factor is whether the people and entities involved would support the proposed alternatives. It is important to consider the political climate and whether or not it would support any proposed policy. It is also important to determine whether central and local government would support these new ideas, as the support of senior executives has a direct effect on the implementation of a new policy. This is assessed via a separate survey. A high rating on this criterion is an outcome that would be supported by all of the key decision makers involved, while a low rating would be an outcome that is more difficult to gain acceptance. Criterion 3: Administrative Feasibility The alternative can be designed so that it is possible to operate efficiently and without significant budget to the country. Obviously, if new staff needed in order to properly administer the alternative, then it would not be considered efficient, cost-effective option. This is assessed by a single criterion, recruitment capacity which can be defined by the numbers of staff required. The decision standard is the lowest number of... ... middle of paper ... ...rom http://www.productivity.govt.nz/inquiry-content/1509?stage=4 Collins, S. (2014). Building a new future: Bold new vision for affordable housing - Business - NZ Herald News. The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 May 2014, from http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11196167 Mbie.govt.nz,. (2014). Social housing reform | Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment. Retrieved 15 May 2014, from http://www.mbie.govt.nz/what-we-do/housing/social-housing-reform Home and Housed A Vision for Social Housing in New Zealand. (2010) (1st ed.). Retrieved from http://www.mbie.govt.nz/what-we-do/housing/social-housing-reform Johnson, A. (2013). Give Me Shelter an assessment of New Zealand's housing assistance policies (1st ed.). Wellington: Salvation Army. Bardach, E. (2009) A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis, CQ Press, Washington, D. C.
Britain is currently undergoing the biggest overhaul of the welfare system since its introduction. The welfare system was first established with the assurance that people less fortunate would be able to have a standard of living that would ensure equality. But the recent amendments brought into place by the current government’s legislations may see the biggest divide between rich and poor since the days of the work houses. How will claimants be affected and who will be affected the most is an issue that will be examined more closely. The current government believes that Britain has become a welfare dependant state and according to BBC news (2013) 2.49 million are currently unemployed; those who are unemployed will also have entitlement to housing benefit and council tax benefit. All claimants will be affected by what will be known as Universal Credits. Universal credits will combine all existing benefits in to one payment; the amount a household can claim in welfare will be capped, this new system could have a catastrophic impact on people’s lives. Furthermore the government does not believe that a person should have full housing benefit if the home in which they reside has extra bedrooms, so introduction of the Bedroom Tax was implemented April 2013. The National Housing Federation website has given a detailed description of who will be affected and the implications it may have on tenants. But already only three months in to the bedroom tax and it has been reported “more than fifty thousand people have fallen behind on their rent and face eviction” Independent (2013). This report is going to concentrate on the affects the aptly named Bedroom Tax is having on people’s ...
Housing Affordability in Australia has become the focus point for urban planners in recent years. In particular, South East Queensland (SEQ) has experienced significant pressure as the demand for property and affordable dwellings increases and population growth in the region continues. The issue has come to the forefront in discussions for local governments in the region and there is a real need to address the problem of housing affordability. The subject of affordability is complex and is contributed to by a number of factors including the impost created by Council processes, which is the scope of the HAF-T5 Project.
the cost of living in Toronto has come to a record high, we need to start doing something about it now before no one can afford to live at all. There are more than 30,000 women, men and children in the city's homeless shelters annually. Many of thousands more sleep on the streets or considered the “hidden homeless”. About 70,000 households are on Toronto’s social housing waiting list and on the brink of becoming homeless because of the skyrocketing prices of owning a home in Toronto. The Federal Government and the province have begun a slow reinvestment in housing in past years, the number of affordable housing being built now doesn’t even compare near the levels of the early 1980’s. Habitat for Humanity has been building houses for low income
The biggest complication with welfare is that way too many individuals have become dependent on the government, when the assistance should have only been temporary. A solution to reducing the amount of dependent families could be to reform housing benefits and social housing. The Government should look at ways to increase home ownership and reduce the work disincentives created by social housing (O’Brien). Discouragin...
Somerville, P., & Steele, A. (2002). 'Race', housing and social exclusion. London: Jessica Kinsglsy Publishers.
Affordable housing refers to housing units that are affordable by that section of society whose income is or below the median household income. For example, affordable housing should address the housing needs of lower or middle income households. And for sustainable communities, it is one that is economically, environmentally, and socially healthy and resilient.. According to the Western Australia Council of Social Services (WACOSS): "Social sustainability occurs when the formal and informal processes; systems; structures; and relationships actively support the capacity of current and future generations to create healthy and livable communities.” As we can tell, all affordable housing, sustainable community, and social sustainability are
This housing affordability crisis is stripping away it’s diversity at increasing rates and I feel that not enough is being done to restore it. Liz Pfeffer article “Is the Bay Area in a Housing Bubble or a Crisis?” describes the situation as, “San Francisco’s chronic problem is a lack of housing for middle and lower-income people. It’s not that they can’t afford it, it’s that it doesn’t exist”. Officials should collaborate on creating solutions to the root causes and offer alternatives that would release some of the pressure. I would suggest promoting micro-homes or smaller scaled homes, limiting foreign investors’s purchases of single-family homes, or expanding campuses of employers to areas that are not heavily populated. It is not too late to restore the balance but it will take collaboration and team work. I am urging these officials and activists to try and save the beloved culture of this area and help retain it as a place where social justice is recognized and
Compare and contrast the ways in which housing inequalities are discussed from the perspectives of social policy and criminology, and economics (TMA 02)
Sidney, Mara S. 2003. Unfair Housing: How National Policy Shapes Community Action. Lawrence: Univ. Press of Kansas.
It is estimated that, “each year, more than 3 million people experience homelessness, including 1.3 million children” (NLCHP). Clearly poverty and Homelessness come hand in hand, and the economy downfall has only contributed to this growing crisis. “Homelessness stems from a lack of affordable housing. Increasing rents, destruction of traditional low-income housing, and cuts in federal housing programs threaten affordable housing with extinction” (NLCHP). Most people in poverty have a housing affordability crisis, which means that they pay more than half of their income for rent, so therefore they have to buffer to deal with unforeseen expenses.
(2010). Proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Housing and Local Government) Order 2010, relating to sustainable housing : sixth report of session 2009-10 : report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence. London: Stationery Office. HM Government (2015) Powers for a Purpose: Towards a Lasting Devolution Settlement for Wales, February, Cm. 9020. Legislation.gov.uk.
The arguments presented in this essay have made it very clear that this ‘dream’ is in fact ruining families lives. The population is increasing at an incredible rate, leaving many families without a home; housing affordability continues to increase leaving families in the dark mists of housing and finical stress; and family wellbeing is being pushed aside and compromised for the Great Australian Dream. There is research that contradicts the idea of rising house prices in the future. The theory is that a rising population will decrease housing prices and make dwellings more affordable to Australian families. However questions are still left unanswered in response to this as the government has not yet put in place strategies to account for this rising population and for housing affordability, proving this hypothesis to be inaccurate and instead strengthening the idea that the great Australian Dream cannot be
Sujata. “Women’s Work, Stigma, Shelter Homes and the State”. Economic & Political Weekly, 26 January 2013.
The ‘attack’ on social housing by Thatcher’s Government came from their belief that council and social housing was an unnecessary burden on the economy of the United Kingdom, ‘for the Conservative Government, council housing represented all that was profligate in public spending, an egregious intervention in the market, and featherbedding of the undeserving’ (Ravetz, p200, 2001). Thatcher introduced the idea that every person within society should want to own their own homes, she made this a reality through her Right to Buy policy. It has been argued that the drive behind the public ‘want’ to owns one’s own home links to the perception of power as it is the belief of some that ‘home owners are object and subject of disciplinary power’, with home ownership comes some sort of power as the owner is not answerable to a land lord (Craig, M, Gurney. 1999). This also helps to explain why people residing within social housing have long been seen to be at the bottom of society with very little power; some would say that as they do not own their own homes they have less responsibility and this has led to the assumption that people residing within social housing are lazy or in some way
Fahey, T. (1999) Social Housing in Ireland: A Study of Success, Failure and Lessons Learned. Dublin: Colour Books Ltd.