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House Construction

Housing Policy Recommendations

What public policy initiatives have been effective or not in this issue? What can governments and community organizations do?

Ahsan, M. (2019). Making unaffordable to affordable: looking into affordable housing issues and its remedies. Architecture and Urban Planning, 15(1), 22-29.


Anderson, L.M., Charles, J.S., Fielding, J.E., Fullilove, M.T., Normand, J., & Scrimshaw, S.C. (2003). Providing affordable family housing and reducing residential segregation by income. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 24(3S), 47-57. DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(02)00656-6.


Brysch, S. (2019). Reinterpreting existenzminimum in contemporary affordable housing solutions. Urban Planning, 4(3), 326-345.


Carter, T. (1997). Current practices for procuring affordable housing: The Canadian context. Housing Policy Debate, 8(3), 593-606.


Chapelhow, S., Greenhalgh, P., & Robson, S. (2009). Affordable housing definitions and section 106 contributions in England. Built Environment Research Papers, 2(2), 84-92.


Coleman, C. (2018). Finding solutions to the affordable housing shortage. http://www.westerncity.com/core/pagetools.php?pageid=12527&url=%2FWestern-City%2FMarch-2017%2FFinding-Solutions-to-the-Affordable-Housing-Shortage


Collins, J. (2017). Want to build a granny flat in California? Here are the new rules. Orange County Register. https://www.ocregister.com/2017/09/17/want-to-build-a-granny-flat-in-california-here-are-the-new-rules/


Das, A., Mukhija, V., Regus, L., & Tsay, S.S. (2015). The trade-offs of inclusionary zoning: What do we know and what do we need to know? Planning Practice & Research, 30(2), 222-235. http://dx.eoi.org/10.1080/02697459.2015.1008793


Durning, A. (2017). Yes, you can build your way to affordable housing, lessons from unexpected places. Sightline Institute. http://www.sightline.org/2017/09/21/yes-you-can-build-your-way-to-affordable-housing/


Feldman, R. (2002). The affordable housing shortage considering the problem, causes and solutions (No. 2-02). Minneapolis, MN, USA: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.


Gurran, N., Maalsen, S., & Shrestha, P. (2022). Is ‘informal’housing an affordability solution for expensive cities? Evidence from Sydney, Australia. International Journal of Housing Policy, 22(1), 10-33.


Jewell, J. (2017). An affordable-housing fix. The American Conservative, 36-38.


Kalugina, A. (2016). Affordable housing policies: An overview. Cornell Real Estate Review, 14 (1), 76-83. http://scholarship.sha.cornell.edu/crer/vol14/issl/10


Kautz, B.E. (2002). In defense of inclusionary zoning: Successfully creating affordable housing. University of San Francisco Law Review, 36, 971-1025.


Lerman, B.R. (2006). Mandatory inclusionary zoning - the answer to affordable housing problem. Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, 33(2), 383-416. http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/ealr/vol33/iss2/5


Sa‐Aadu, J. (1984). Another look at the economics of demand‐side versus supply‐side strategies in low‐income housing. Real Estate Economics, 12(4), 427-460.


Shearer, H. (2015, December). Tiny houses: a radical new solution for addressing urban housing affordability, or a just another niche market?. 7th State of Australian Cities Conference, 9-11 December 2015, Gold Coast, Australia.


Understanding Accessory Dwelling Units and Their Importance. (n.d.). Retrieved April 15, 2018, from  http://www.bing.com/cr? IG=7B208C9313374F88BBD299A95B54AC25&CID=2079BE5DA16F64100E4BB58FA0C06536&rd=1&h=wHhAwsEelEdw0r5lauMB5mvJ0mlTBHajBo8llOM69tM&v=1&r=http://hcd.ca.gov/policy-research/docs/UnderstandingADUsImportance.pdf&p=DevEx,5068.1


Wood, G., Watson, R., & Flatau, P. (2006). Low income housing tax credit programme impacts on housing affordability in Australia: Microsimulation model estimates. Housing Studies, 21(3), 361-380.


Yates, J. (2013). Evaluating social and affordable housing reform in Australia: lessons to be learned from history. International journal of housing policy, 13(2), 111-133.


Yates, J. (2016). Why does Australia have an affordable housing problem and what can be done about it?. Australian Economic Review, 49(3), 328-339.


Yiu, C. Y. (2023). Are central banks’ monetary policies the future of housing affordability solutions. Urban Science, 7(1), 18.

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