37º IAHS World Congress on Housing: - Universidad de Cantabria

XXXVII <strong>IAHS</strong><strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> on HousingOctober 26 – 29, 2010, Santander, SpainCODE: 627UNDER PRIVILEGED HOUSING - THE JORDANIANEXPERIENCEAl-Zoubi, Y. Y., Al-Shehab, S. A.Department of ArchitectureUniversity of Jordane-mail: Yalzoubi@yahoo.comKey words: under privileged housing, types, requirements, population & housing status.AbstractThis paper studies, analysis, and discusses the housing for the poor: problems and solutionthat have spread in Jordan since 1970's. The paper contains Sex sections. It contains anintroduction. And the second section explains the understanding of the poor in Jordan. Thethird section studies the enumeration of the census, dwellings since (1922). The beginning ofeconomic and social plans and its relationship with housing projects. The fourth sectiondiscusses the instruction of king Abdullah II to concerned ministries, governmentaldepartments and foundations to create suitable single and separate houses for poor families.The fifth section concentrates on the analysis of the possibility to having suitable space,vertical extension and unit-cost factors. The sixth section and final section gives the negativeand positive results and analysis of the outcome.37º <strong>IAHS</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> On Housing Science 250