The Affordable City
The Affordable City

Author: Shane Phillips

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2020-09-15

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1642831336

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From Los Angeles to Boston and Chicago to Miami, US cities are struggling to address the twin crises of high housing costs and household instability. Debates over the appropriate course of action have been defined by two poles: building more housing or enacting stronger tenant protections. These options are often treated as mutually exclusive, with support for one implying opposition to the other. Shane Phillips believes that effectively tackling the housing crisis requires that cities support both tenant protections and housing abundance. He offers readers more than 50 policy recommendations, beginning with a set of principles and general recommendations that should apply to all housing policy. The remaining recommendations are organized by what he calls the Three S’s of Supply, Stability, and Subsidy. Phillips makes a moral and economic case for why each is essential and recommendations for making them work together. There is no single solution to the housing crisis—it will require a comprehensive approach backed by strong, diverse coalitions. The Affordable City is an essential tool for professionals and advocates working to improve affordability and increase community resilience through local action.

The Formulation of Local Housing Strategies
The Formulation of Local Housing Strategies

Author: Chris Nicol

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-05-15

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1351889516

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Housing provision is a major dilemma for local authorities. There is currently a huge demand for more housing, while increasing environmental, economic and political pressures must be considered when local authorities develop their policies. This remarkable volume investigates how local authorities formulate their housing strategies. It questions whether the local authority can be seen as a single entity in terms of housing or whether it is fragmented into separate departments. Incorporating in-depth empirical research from England and Wales, the book discusses whether the process of developing housing policy and allocating land needs to be more integrated, and whether key players such as speculative house-builders should be involved in the development of policy. Analyzing which information sources influence the local authority’s land allocations and housing strategies, the volume debates whether they provide the most useful data and suggests alternative information sources that may assist in better land allocation policies.

Planning to Meet Local Housing Needs
Planning to Meet Local Housing Needs

Author: Margery Austin Turner

Publisher:

Published: 2003-11-01

Total Pages: 93

ISBN-13: 9780756737719

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This report looks at locally prepared Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategies (CHAS)/Consolidated Plans that carry out the mandates of the National Affordable Housing Act. This study reviews how large central cities and suburban jurisdictions in six metropolitan areas (Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Minneapolis, San Antonio, and San Francisco) -- with very diverse housing markets -- undertook housing needs analysis, set priorities and developed housing plan strategies during the 1990s. It then examines what actually was carried out during that time period and how local needs for affordable housing changed. Charts and tables.