Affordable Housing in the United States

Gregg Colburn is an Associate Professor in the Runstad Department of Real Estate, College of Built Environments, at the University of Washington. He enjoys teaching courses in housing, economics, and finance at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. His research focuses on housing policy, housing markets, housing affordability, and homelessness. He is also actively engaged in community efforts to address the acute housing crisis in the Puget Sound region. He is the author of Homelessness is a Housing Problem (2022).Rebecca Walter is an Associate Professor in the Runstad Department of Real Estate, College of Built Environments, at the University of Washington. Her research is focused on policy innovation in low-income housing. She emphasizes a spatial analytical approach to examine how housing policies either expand opportunity or perpetuate inequality for low-income households. Most of her work is applied as it involves direct engagement with public housing authorities and non-profit housing providers.

• ContentsBook SummaryAcknowledgmentsPART I: IntroductionChapter 1 What is Affordable Housing? PART II: Understanding Affordable HousingChapter 2 The Housing Stock in the U.S.Chapter 3 Deconstructing AffordabilityChapter 4 Historical Perspectives on Affordable HousingChapter 5 Race and Affordable HousingChapter 6 Housing InstabilityPART III: Providing Access to Affordable HousingChapter 7 Sectors and Actors Involved in the Provision of Affordable HousingChapter 8 Supply Side Housing AssistanceChapter 9 Demand Side Housing AssistanceChapter 10 Affordable HomeownershipChapter 11 Regulatory Strategies to Provide Access to Affordable HousingPART IV: Case StudiesChapter 12 Chicago, ILChapter 13 San Antonio, TXChapter 14 Seattle, WAPART V: The Path Forward Chapter 15 An Affordable Housing RoadmapIndex

"Recent economic upheavals, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, have focused attention on the millions of households across the United States that face housing instability and the racially uneven impacts of securing and paying for housing. Affordable Housing in the United States offers a timely contribution to understand the structural drivers of housing unaffordability and the various policies and regulations that can incentivize or impede affordable housing delivery...The book provides a comprehensive overview of the affordable housing landscape and an expert synthesis of recent housing research [and] is a meaningful contribution to the field of housing studies and an invaluable read for students, policymakers, and housing advocates alike."Jenna Davis, University of California, Berkeley, review for the Journal of the American Planning Association