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The ends required to justify the means for sustainable affordable housing: A review on critical success criteria

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  • Michael Atafo Adabre
  • Albert P.C. Chan

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In this time of increasing housing demand and incessant housing supply deficit, the need for critical success criteria (CSC) to qualitatively and quantitatively measure the performance of affordable housing projects has become even more relevant. Though affordable housing has received much attention in the construction industry, success in affordable housing is interpreted differently by different researchers and is an abstract term difficult to be assessed. Besides, limited studies exit on providing a framework for assessing success in affordable housing projects. This paper aims to review the literature on CSC for affordable housing and based on the outcomes develop a framework for measuring success in affordable housing projects. To this end, CSC‐related papers were retrieved from Scopus and the Web of Science databases. A systematic desktop search was employed, which culminated in the selection of 34 articles related to CSC for both general construction and affordable housing projects. Based on the literature, 20 CSC for sustainable affordable housing were identified and used to develop a conceptual framework of product success, project management success, and project success. Practically, the findings of this study could help architects, project managers, and planners monitor and control affordable housing projects to ensure successful delivery while also serving as measuring criteria to assess performance of affordable housing projects in meeting households' needs. Theoretically, this study offers an important acumen to the existing literature on CSC for affordable housing and provides useful findings for further empirical studies.

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  • Michael Atafo Adabre & Albert P.C. Chan, 2019. "The ends required to justify the means for sustainable affordable housing: A review on critical success criteria," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 27(4), pages 781-794, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:sustdv:v:27:y:2019:i:4:p:781-794
    DOI: 10.1002/sd.1919
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    1. Alireza Moghayedi & Bankole Awuzie & Temitope Omotayo & Karen Le Jeune & Mark Massyn, 2022. "Appraising the nexus between influencers and sustainability‐oriented innovation adoption in affordable housing projects," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(5), pages 1117-1134, October.
    2. Athanasios Lamprou & Dimitra G. Vagiona, 2022. "Identification and Evaluation of Success Criteria and Critical Success Factors in Project Success," Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer;Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 23(2), pages 237-253, June.
    3. Héctor Hernández & Felipe Ossio & Michael Silva, 2023. "Assessment of Sustainability and Efficiency Metrics in Modern Methods of Construction: A Case Study Using a Life Cycle Assessment Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-25, April.
    4. Hongyan Chen & Jinping Song & Huaxiong Jiang, 2023. "Inequity in Housing Welfare: Assessing the Inter-City Performance of China’s Housing Provident Fund Program," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-17, March.

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