# 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