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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]Wikipedia
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]Some of these videos may be related to popular news or popular media. View these videos using critical thinking and thoughtful analysis. What learning questions do these videos motivate?
- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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