A New Hybrid Decision-Making Model for Promoting Sustainable Social Rental Housing

Wei Jiang, Wentao Lu Qiu, Sheng-Hau Lin (), Huiming Lv (), Xiaofeng Zhao and Hao Cong
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Wei Jiang: Department of Public Administration, Law School, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
Wentao Lu Qiu: Department of Public Administration, Law School, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
Sheng-Hau Lin: Department of Public Administration, Law School, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
Huiming Lv: Business School, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
Xiaofeng Zhao: School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
Hao Cong: Jiangsu Tongfang Real Estate Asset Appraisal Planning and Survey Co., Ltd., Wuxi 214023, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 8, 1-29

Abstract: The realization of sustainable social rental housing is regarded as an important policy to solve the housing burden, but social rental housing is often unsustainable. This study assesses the sustainability of social rental housing. However, the decision-making models, such as the classical decision-making hierarchy (AHP) used in the current study, conflict with the resolution of the complex influence of the relationship between evaluation dimensions/criteria. Based on this, we construct a new hybrid multi-attribute decision-making model (MADM) combining the Fuzzy Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL), Fuzzy DEMATEL-based analytic network process (DANP) and the modified VIseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR) method for the sustainability assessment of government-led social rental housing (SRH) using Taiwanese experts as the subject of the investigation. The Fuzzy DEMATEL found that economic sustainability ( D 1 ), as the core dimension, affects environmental ( D 3 ) and social sustainability ( D 2 ). Furthermore, criteria with the “cause” position, including the reasonable development model ( C 2 ), the provision of living facilities and services needed ( C 5 ), the adoption of environmentally friendly technology and equipment ( C 10 ), guaranteed rent and lease ( C 1 ), the acquisition of working skill and employment opportunities ( C 6 ) and space planning and design ( C 3 ), should receive more attention from decision makers because improving these can further enhance the sustainability of the overall scheme. Combined with the DANP weight and modified VIKOR, we also indicate that these criteria should be optimized to make the evaluation more sustainable for a selected social housing case in Taiwan. The research also further proposes management strategy implications.

Keywords: social housing assessment; decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL); DEMATEL-based analytic network process (DANP); modified VIseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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