Quality of Life and Housing

Abstract

The increase of the quality of life is the main aim of\rsustainable development. The quality of life is being assessed by applying various dimensions, various indicators. The housing dimension is one of the major issues affecting the quality of life. The housing indicators reflecting the quality of life can be assessed by applying quality of housing, quality of housing environment and housing cost burdens indicators. The paper presents the concept of assessment of housing dimension in the quality of life index and the main indicators relevant to this dimension of quality of life.\rIndex Terms—Quality of life, housing quality, housing\renvironment, housing expenditures burden, assessment.