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The issue of the housing quality has been addressed for various stakeholders at different levels. There exist varied opinion about its measurability and possible applications. Thus the study is carried out to have an insight into the concept of housing quality and its relevance in the changing demographics, technological, socio-economic and socio-cultural conditions. This study attempts to summarize the literature that addresses past research concerned with factors related to housing quality, its measurement methodology and critically examines the broad key indicators identified to have impact upon enhancing the housing quality. This work discusses the recent techniques which are extensively used for analysis of housing quality.
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Sinha, R.C., Sarkar, S. & Mandal, N.R. An Overview of Key Indicators and Evaluation Tools for Assessing Housing Quality: A Literature Review. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. A 98, 337–347 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40030-017-0225-z
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