The concepts of sustainable development (SD) and sustainable communities (SCs) are
firmly on policy agendas. Conceptual clarity is essential for the selection of high‐quality …

Debates over the development and density of housing have gained visibility in recent years
as housing costs have skyrocketed in many metropolitan areas. With those who seek to limit …

∎ Household formation has slowed, and the renter share has significantly increased (mostly
among the lowest-income groups). The number of US households increased an average of …

It is a shared global experience that a house which is already expensive will become even
more costly. This experience is partly because housing supply has always failed to satisfy …

As cities across the United States have rebounded from the Great Recession, an increasing
number of households in urban areas are facing high rent burdens in order to remain in their …

Wealth inequality has been sharply rising in the United States and across many other high-
income countries. Due to a lack of data, we know little about how this trend has unfolded …

Why is housing development so severely restricted in US cities and suburbs? Political
economy scholars often point to local politics, where homeowners can exploit discretionary …

Housing affordability is typically assessed in economic terms, but housing affordability
concerns transcend mere housing cost and its relationship to income, to wider issues of …

Anecdotal evidence suggests that the affordable housing crisis is forcing households to seek
lower cost housing in the outer reaches of major metropolitan areas, helping to explain …

The aim of this Working Paper is to introduce a conceptual model and study design for
researching social disadvantage in rural peripheries, focusing on the interplay of social …