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HOUSING CONDITIONS AND PREFERENCES:

A SURVEY OF AUB EMPLOYEES

I. Personal Information

1. Name:  
2. Department:  AUB AUH
3. Years of service at AUB:  
4. Age:  20-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61 or more
5. Nationality  Lebanese Dual National (Lebanese passport + other) Foreign
6. Gender  Male Female
7. Marital Status  Single Married Widowed or Divorced
 
II. General Household Information
8. Including you, how many persons does your household consist of?
  1 2 3 or more
9. How many persons contribute to the household income?
  1 2 3 or more
10. Monthly household income
  Less than $ 500
Between $ 501 and $ 1000
Between $ 1001 and $ 2000
Between $ 2001 and $ 3000
Between $ 3001 and $ 4000
Over $ 4000
 

III. Information Regarding Current Residence

11. Neighborhood/area where you live:  
12. Status of current residence:  Rented Owned (Cash payment) Owned (Housing loan from bank) Freely donated by the family
13. Size of the dwelling (m2):  
14.   Size of the dwelling (number of bedrooms):  
15. Monthly rent or mortgage (housing loan) repayment: In $   
16. Monthly spending on utilities (electricity, water, telephone land line, TV + internet, cable, building maintenance, concierge, generator, supplemental water, other): In $   
17. Reasons for choosing current residence (please mark in order of importance from 1 to 5, 1 being the most important)
  Affordability
  Size
  Design qualities/layout
  Neighbors
  Building appearance
 
18. Reasons for choosing current neighborhood (please mark in order of importance from 1 to 6, 1 being the most important)
  Closeness to family                       
  Closeness to school
  Closeness to work
  Social composition of the neighborhood
 

Surroundings: nature, clean air,  peace and quietness  

  A “good” or “trendy” location
19. Commuting time between current residence and AUB: In minutes (minimum/maximum)
20. Number of years living in the current residence:
21. Main housing situation complaint :
 

IV. Information Regarding Preferred Residence

22. Neighborhood/area of Beirut where you prefer to live:  
23. Status of preferred residence  Rented Owned Other, please specify:   
24. Preferred size of the dwelling (m2):  
25. Preferred size of the dwelling (number of bedrooms):  

26. Reasons for choosing preferred residence (please mark in order of importance from 1 to 5, 1 being the most important)

  Affordability
  Size
  Design qualities/layout
  Building appearance
  Neighbors
 
27. Reasons for choosing preferred neighborhood (please mark in order of importance from 1 to 6, 1 being the most important)
  Closeness to family
  Closeness to school
  Closeness to work
 

Social composition of the neighborhood             

 

 Surroundings: Nature, Clean air, peace & quietness   

  A “good” or “trendy” address   
 
28. How important is it for you and your family to reside close to AUB?
    Extremely Important       Not Important
     1 2 3 4 5
29. Commuting time between preferred residence and AUB Minutes:   
30. In your preferred situation, what percentage of your household income are you willing to spend on ALL HOUSING COSTS (rent or mortgage plus utilities --electricity, water, telephone land line, TV + internet, cable, building maintenance, concierge, generator, supplemental water, other)? %   
 
V. Attitudes toward several housing options in Ras Beirut
31. Would you be interested in buying a well-designed flat for your family in Ras Beirut at a below market price,  if there were legal restrictions on it? (For example, your ownership of it was tied to your employment at AUB, and AUB would have the first right to buy it from you at a “reasonable” - not market - price).
  Very Interested       Not at all Interested
  1 2 3 4 5
32. What concerns would you have about the above approach?   
33. If new housing were developed by AUB for AUB employees, what would your ideal choice be?
 A small residential building (Up to 10 families) A medium-sized residential building (Between 10 and 40 families) A complex of residential buildings (For 100 or more families)
34. Ideally, how many of your neighbors should be AUB-related?
 100% 75% 50% or less I don't mind