Build expensive new “luxury” apartments, and wait a few decades One of the most common refrains the the affordable housing discussion is “developers are targeting the high end of the market” and new apartments are
How luxury housing becomes affordable Read Post »
Why is affordable housing so expensive? In many cities, affordable housing has a problem:Â it’s not affordable. California Governor Jerry Brown made that point again, emphatically, with his new state budget. He’s said that he’s
The high, high price of affordable housing Read Post »
Just say the words “urban renewal” and you immediately conjure up images of whole neighborhoods–usually populated by poor families and people of color being dislocated by big new publicly funded development projects. It seems like
Suburban Renewal: Marietta demolishes affordable housing Read Post »
As we all know, 2016 is the year that reality television made its way to the national political stage. Less well noticed is how another idea from reality television has insinuated its way into our
Affordable Housing: Not just for a favored few Read Post »
We shouldn’t expect the return of the trade-up buyer anytime soon. Is the American homebuyer increasingly stuck in a starter home? That’s the premise of a recent commentary from the Urban Institute “Do we have
Its apparent to almost everyone that the US has a growing housing affordability problem. And its generating more public attention and public policy discussions. Recent proposals to address housing affordability in California by Governor
Lessons in Supply and Demand: Housing Market Edition Read Post »
