Abstract—Rent is a form of revenue obtained by public
housing management that is used towards the management and
maintenance of public housing. Without rent collection, there is
no revenue. It is therefore critical that research on rent arrears
be undertaken to understand the extent of the problem. This
paper studies the relationship between tenant satisfaction and
rent arrears prevalent amongst MBI public housing tenants.
Data for the study was obtained through questionnaire
distribution on 659 MBI public housing tenants using the strata
sampling technique. The study found that tenant satisfaction is
related to the rent arrears problem. Although the payment of
rent is commonly focused on the ability to pay rent apparent
amongst tenants, the fact remains that tenant satisfaction must
also be considered by the public housing management in order
to increase the payment of rent by tenants.
Index Terms—Rent Arrears, Public Housing, Tenant
Satisfaction, Logistic Regression Analysis.
NA Salleh is a senior lecturer in University Teknologi Mara Perak. She is
now a full time PhD student with the University Sains Malaysia.
(corresponding author phone: +60-19-3802535; e-mail: noinsphd07@
gmail.com).
N. Yusof is an associate professor in Universiti Sains Malaysia. She is
now with the School of Housing, Building & Planning in Universiti Sains
Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia (e-mail: norainy@gmail.com).
A.G Salleh is a professor in Universiti Sains Malaysia. He is now with the
School of Housing, Building & Planning in University Sains Malaysia,
Penang, Malaysia (e-mail: Sghani@usm.my).
N. Johari is a senior lecturer in University Teknologi Mara Perak. She is
now with the Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying in University
Teknologi Mara Perak, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak
(e-mail:ininjasmin@yahoo.com)
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Cite:Nor Aini Salleh, Nor’Aini Yusof, Abdul Ghani Salleh, and Noraini Johari, "Tenant Satisfaction in Public Housing and its Relationship with Rent Arrears: Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia," International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance vol.2, no.1, pp. 10-18, 2011.