EFFECT OF SMART ENVIRONMENT ELEMENTS ON OCCUPANCY RATES OF SUBSIDY HOUSING IN KECAMATAN BALIKPAPAN UTARA
Mega Ulimaz (a*), Elin Diyah Syafitri (a)

Urban and Regional Planning Department, Institut Teknologi Kalimantan
Jl. Soekarno Hatta Km 15 Balikpapan
*megaulimaz[at]lecturer.itk.ac.id

Abstract

In line with the decline of mining and oil business since 2015, the purchasing power of the middle and upper class houses of Balikpapan City residents has also decreased. Property developers change strategy by developing low-cost and subsidies housing. However, often the end result of the construction of cheap housing is still not built environmentally. It is very important to consider environmentally friendly housing. Many of these subsidy housing developments are built in Kecamatan Balikpapan Utara. Based om the existence of subsidy housing in Balikpapan Utara that is already built and inhabited, it is necessary to identify the influence of smart environment elements on the occupancy rates of existing subsidy housing in order to improve environmental quality. The analysis of the occupancy rate of subsidy houses based on smart environmental elements is carried out through a linear regression model. The results of the analysis show that there are only 2 significant variables, distance of arterial roads and the affordability of religious facilities. If the affordability of arterial roads increases by one unit, then the number of houses occupied will increase by 15%. If the affordability of religious facilities increases, the number of houses occupied will increase by 74%.

Keywords: occupancy rates, smart environment, subsidy housing

Topic: Green Infrastructure