Affordable housing

According to Wikipedia, affordable housing is housing which is deemed affordable to those with a household income at or below the median as rated by the national government or a local government by a recognized housing affordability index. The purpose of this area is to provide resources for learning, teaching, and researching ideas related to affordable housing.

Discussion questions and essay ideas

• What social problems can a lack of affordable housing potentially worsen?
• What laws and regulations could be implemented to help increase the supply of affordable housing?
• Is building more housing a reasonable method of lowering housing costs?
• What can be done to help motivate the building of more residential homes?
• What are some cities, nations, or states that have successfully made housing affordable?

Readings

Wikipedia

• House prices
• Real estate appraisal
• Affordable housing
• Urban economics
• Urban planning
• Theories of urban planning
• Rural economics
• Urban studies
• Section 8 (housing)
• Homelessness
• Subsidized housing
• Tiny-house movement
• Development of non-profit housing in the United States
• HOME Investment Partnerships Program
• List of U.S. states by median home price
• Housing in the United States
• New York City housing shortage
• San Francisco housing shortage
• Housing affordability index
• California housing shortage
• House price index
• Cost of living
• Living wage
• Inflation
• Price index
• List of U.S. states by adjusted per capita personal income
• Middle-class squeeze
• Affordability of housing in the United Kingdom
• List of housing statutes
• List of house types
• Right to housing
• Federal Housing Administration
• Affordable housing by country
• Timeline of the United States housing bubble
• Housing Affordability in Anglophone Countries
• Causes of the United States housing bubble
• Public housing
• United States housing market correction
• Subsidized housing in the United States
• Housing in Japan
• Index of real estate articles

External readings and media

• Who’s to blame for high housing costs? It’s more complicated than you think.
• Using a down market to launch affordable housing acquisition strategies
• Providing Affordable Housing for All
• Why the U.S. Needs a New Vision for Affordable Housing
• The Cost of Building Housing Series
• Why doesn't Florida have enough affordable housing? The legislature may be partly to blame
• New Residential Construction Historical Data

Videos

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• Need grows for more affordable housing in Durham
• New affordable housing program unveiled in Atlanta
• Boise real estate agent using social media to find clients affordable housing
• How the US made affordable homes illegal
• Can this innovative housing model help solve California’s affordable housing crisis?
• Why California Can't Build Affordable Housing
• In-Depth Look At Orlando’s Affordable Housing Crisis
• Why The Affordable Housing Crisis Is Out Of Control
• Why Don't We Have More Affordable Housing?
• Tiny home village makes affordable housing beautiful & appealing (Colorado)
• Roadmap Home 2030: Affordable Housing Solutions for California

See also

• Housing cooperatives
• Housing rights in Argentina
• Housing (UK)
• Homelessness
• Sustainable design in architecture
• Infrastructure
• Measuring economic development
• Social welfare
• Family consumer science
• Does an individual have a responsibility to maintain a community?
• General room orientation in house construction
• Urban planning