Affordable housing has evolved to meet the difficulties of increased demand by offering acceptable living spaces for middle/low-income families and facilitating access to housing units based on their annual income.This research seeks to investigate the relationship between housing spacing standards and family desire for affordable multifamily housing. It sought to address the changes that were occurring in the internal spaces of multi-story housing because of the inhabitants' evolving needs. The study tried to investigate the habitability of 25 residential apartments within affordable multifamily housing compounds established in Sulaymaniyah city in Iraq over the preceding ten years. These projects aim to provide shelter for a diverse range of society, particularly low and middle-income. The study devised a method for assessing the current state of 6 housing compounds that offer a choice of apartment types for families in accordance with Iraqi housing standards. Results show that the increase in the family members was the main reason for the changes made by the family to those units. It is also found that the greater the difference from standards, the more modifications are found. The study contributes to the discourse on affordable housing in Iraq by offering empirical evidence of household-driven change.
Al-Qemaqchi et al. (Mon,) studied this question.