Growing numbers of affordable housing advocates and community members are
questioning the premise that increasing the supply of market-rate housing will result in …

The cost of housing has posed a growing weight on household budgets over the past
halfcentury. As shown in Figure 1, whereas only about one quarter of renter households …

For many younger and lower-income people, housing affordability continues to worsen.
Based on the academic research of two distinguished housing economists–and stimulated …

In this essay, we review the basic economics of housing supply and the functioning of US
housing markets to better understand the distribution of home prices, household wealth, and …

Does America face an affordable housing crisis and, if so, why? This paper argues that in
much of America the price of housing is quite close to the marginal, physical costs of new …

The affordability of housing is a major policy issue that has increasingly become a concern
for UK government as house prices have risen dramatically in recent years. This is partly …

The editors of Urban Studies Review have cially as a means of wealth accumulation)
charged the authors with providing a syn-and privatisation. This paper focuses prithesis of …

This paper reviews trends in housing affordability in the US over the past four decades.
There is little evidence that owner-occupied housing has become less affordable. In …

This introduction discusses select aspects of housing affordability in terms of household
expenditures and household incomes and select aspects of affordable housing. It provides a …

The term'afford ability'has been gaining currency in housing policy debates, but neither
government nor academic researchers have given much consideration to defining it. This …