Developing and prioritizing affordable ecological housing design policies; case study: Minoo Island

For many years, the design of affordable housing for low-income groups has been addressed in developed and developing countries. Providing affordable housing for the low-income population is one of the principal programs of governments to promote social justice and help disadvantaged groups. Providing safe, comfortable and affordable housing while considering the financial resource of homeless people is one of the objectives of this project. Unfortunately, the available affordable houses are small buildings that only the quantitative aspects and reduction of the dimensions of the spaces are considered in them, and therefore are uninhabitable due to the lack of living standards. Moreover, vernacular and cultural aspects are not fully acknowledged and adaptation to the environment has been overlooked. Given the ecological potential of Minoo Island, as well as the living characteristics of its inhabitants, there is an urge to develop policies for applying both ecological and economic ideas in housing design. The study aims to achieve the most important policies for designing affordable ecological housing in Minoo Island for decision-makers in government, mass builders and locals, and highlight the vernacular and environmental issues and acceptable living standards compatible with the economic status of the residents. Using library and field methods and based on the judgment of experts through the snowballing method and using the questionnaire and analysis of ANP networks by SUPER DECISION, the research tries to formulate and prioritize the affordable ecological housing design policies in Minoo Island. Based on the results of this study, the top scenario is "to recycle".