The resources in this article will help you navigate the difficult housing market in Canada, but be aware:costs are high. Market rents across the country are as high as they've ever been — and not just in the biggest cities. All across the country,people are feeling the squeeze. So, ...
While housing affordability is well documented for developed countries, we still lack systematic analyses and cross-city comparisons for developing countries. This paper aims to contribute to the relevant literature by comparatively analyzing city-level housing unaffordability of 211 cities in 27 ...
There are more would-be first-time house buyers than ever before, who think that they will find it almost impossible to get on the housing ladder without a bit of help to get them started with affordable homeownership. Many first-time buyers either have to make use of some funding from th...
HUD housing is, by definition, affordable from the standpoint of housing costs due to limits on the amounts renters are required to pay. However, there are no such limitations on transportation costs, and common sense suggests that renters in remote locations may be forced to pay more than ...
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Affordable housing is a political choice. Local and national housing policies have squeezed affordable and attainable housing out of the market. Since the Great Recession of 2008, homebuilders and developers have faced roadblocks at nearly every turn when trying to build shelter products that are aff...
Why is it important to boost the supply of affordable housing in Australia—and how can we do it? Housing affordability has fallen in Australia over the past decade, in spite of sustained economic growth in the national economy. This paper argues that t... Berry,Mike - 《Urban Policy & ...
providing funding for affordable housing, where you live. But it’s really easy to have sticker shock and quick responses to a one piece of that puzzle, but it’s going to take us thinking across the whole supply chain of affordable and market rate housing. Those two pieces come together ...
Affordable Housing in New York: The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a City How has America's most expensive and progressive city helped its residents to live? Since the nineteenth century, the need for high-quality affordable housing has been one of New York City's most urgent ...
Microfinance can help with repairs or extensions, but has limited application to housing purchase. A non-conventional model for greater reach and impact might, for example, incorporate short-term, sequential loans for incremental construction, paid off with variable amounts (for example, via mobile ...