Anacker, K. B. (2019). Introduction: housing affordability and affordable housing.
The author in this article discusses chosen aspects of the inexpensiveness of houses in respect to domestic expenses and domestic earnings and the selected aspects of inexpensive housing. This is an excellent source because it offers appropriate foundations for considering how affordability and housing issues relate across diverse examples and the local, state, and national cases discussed in the article about this problem of housing affordability.
Arnosti, N., & Shi, P. (2019, May). How (not) to allocate affordable housing. In AEA Papers and Proceedings (Vol. 109, pp. 204-08).
The authors in this article describe the procedure of wait-list used in Providence and the lotteries used in New York City. The authors argue that regardless of their obvious variations, these systems should lead to similar results. However, neither approach efficiently utilizes the preferences of the applicant to direct the allocation. Consequently, there might be a frequent assignment of tenants to the apartments far from the workplace or family. The authors describe minor changes that might happen to every system giving applicants a choice of apartments. Even though these changes might alter the families that receive housing, the authors argue that this can be mostly be equalized through visible characteristics to target those in most need.
Buchanan, M. K., Kulp, S., Cushing, L., Morello-Frosch, R., Nedwick, T., & Strauss, B. (2020). Sea level rise and coastal flooding threaten affordable housing. Environmental Research Letters, 15(12), 124020.
The authors in this article explain that the increased rate of coastal floods in the U.S. has sharply increased over the past few decades. This has placed the most vulnerable populations, such as the residents with low-lying inexpensive housing, who tend to be low-income earners dwelling in poor and old quality structures, at risk. This article is excellent because it offers the first countrywide evaluation of the current and future of affordable housing risks caused by the rising sea level and flooding of coastal areas in the U.S. This article also provides information about coastal areas in the United States most vulnerable to rising sea levels.
Kottke, T., Abariotes, A., & Spoonheim, J. B. (2018). Access to affordable housing promotes health and well-being and reduces hospital visits. The Permanente Journal, 22.
The authors in this article explain that medical interventions can only moderately alleviate homelessness and insecurities in housing, which are great threats to housing and welfare. This is a perfect article because it explains various opportunities that medical practitioners can use in addressing housing problems. They include referring homeless patients to support services, advocating for their care groups or employers to provide a resource to end housing insecurities, working in association with the government and other organizations in the community to eradicate these problems.
Litman, T. (2019). Affordable-accessible housing in a dynamic city: why and how to increase affordable housing inaccessible neighborhoods.
The author in this article explores different ways of assessing the affordability of houses, determines problems originating from unaffordability, and explains affordable-accessible housing. Affordable-accessible housing refers to homes with low prices, situated in areas with suitable access to necessary services and activities, and decreases the burden of household price. This article helps learners to understand that affordable and accessible homes comprise small-lot single-family, townhouses, less expensive apartments, and self-contained apartments situated in compact, multimodal areas. According to the author, there is increased growth of demand for cheap housing. Therefore, the development of inexpensive and accessible housing can help attain different environmental, social, and economic goals.
Marantz, N. J., & Zheng, H. (2020). State affordable housing appeals systems and access to opportunity: Evidence from the northeastern United States. Housing Policy Debate, 30(3), 370-395.
The authors in this article argue that in many states in the U.S. the local government has the authority to control the use of land. According to the authors, land restriction on the development of multifamily residential has contributed to the rapid increase in the cost of houses, especially in the Northeast and West Coast. Such data has caused policymakers and scholars to plead for state interventions in local land-use regulations. This article informs the main discussion by offering a comprehensive comparison of housing results associated with the State’s Affordable Housing Appeals Systems (SAHASs) at the northeastern U.S.
Sharam, A., Moran, M., Mason, C., Stone, W., & Findlay, S. (2018). Understanding opportunities for social impact investment in the development of affordable housing.
The authors in this research study the effects of investments in social and inexpensive housing in Australia. The study considered models used in the U.K. and U.S., jointly with interviews with not-for-profit providers, social impact investors, and experts from the government, to bring up this study to date. The study found out that in Australia, the funding gap between the cost of providing housing and the capacity of tenants to pay is the major obstacle to investment.
Sisson, P., Andrews, J., and Bazeley, A. (2020). The Affordable Housing Crisis, Explained.
The authors in this article explain how the United States is currently facing a crisis in affordable housing. According to the authors, this problem is affecting Americans in terms of income distribution. After reviewing various researches, the authors found out that a renter who works for forty hours weekly earning the lowest wage can only afford a two-bedroom apartment in zero counties countrywide. Therefore, this has increased the inequality gap for many citizens because of their inability to pay for the increasing housing rent with their minimum wages.
Wijburg, G. (2021). The governance of affordable housing in post-crisis Amsterdam and Miami. Geoforum, 119, 30-42.
The author in this article explains that even though the education scholarship has addressed the government’s reaction to decreasing the affordability of houses in the aftermath of the crisis, little research has done so from a competitive perspective. To bridge the literature gap, the author has explored two distinctive cities: Miami and Amsterdam and reconstructed how each of them responds to common housing issues. According to the article, Amsterdam responds through prioritization of public interventionist while Miami responds through public entrepreneurial strategy. The paper has revealed that the underlying logic and market outcomes of the two approaches is comparable. In conclusion, the paper has unraveled that the two cities face the challenge of affordable housing requirements in neoliberal housing contexts.
Winke, T. (2020). Housing affordability sets us apart: The effect of rising housing prices on relocation behavior. Urban Studies.
The author of this article explains that life events such as the loss of a job or new offspring impact a household’s demand for housing. Similarly, real estate market dynamics constrict where people can find affordable housing. This article is beneficial because it explores the impact of the rising cost of household on the relocation behavior of medium and low-income earners. Results obtained by the author in this study reveal that increasing the cost of housing makes low-income households remain in their current houses and bear the increasing cost of housing.
References
Anacker, K. B. (2019). Introduction: housing affordability and affordable housing.
Arnosti, N., & Shi, P. (2019). How (not) to allocate affordable housing. In AEA Papers and Proceedings (Vol. 109, pp. 204-08). Web.
Buchanan, M. K., Kulp, S., Cushing, L., Morello-Frosch, R., Nedwick, T., & Strauss, B. (2020). Sea level rise and coastal flooding threaten affordable housing. Environmental Research Letters, 15(12), 124020.
Kottke, T., Abariotes, A., & Spoonheim, J. B. (2018). Access to affordable housing promotes health and well-being and reduces hospital visits. The Permanente Journal, 24(5).
Litman, T. (2019). Affordable-accessible housing in a dynamic city: why and how to increase affordable housing inaccessible neighborhoods.
Marantz, N. J., & Zheng, H. (2020). State affordable housing appeals systems and access to opportunity: Evidence from the northeastern United States. Housing Policy Debate, 30(3), 370-395.
Sharam, A., Moran, M., Mason, C., Stone, W., & Findlay, S. (2018). Understanding opportunities for social impact investment in the development of affordable housing. Web.
Sisson, P., Andrews, J., and Bazeley, A. (2020). The Affordable Housing Crisis, Explained.
Wijburg, G. (2021). The governance of affordable housing in post-crisis Amsterdam and Miami. Geoforum, 119, 30-42. Web.
Winke, T. (2020). Housing affordability sets us apart: The effect of rising housing prices on relocation behavior. Urban Studies. Web.