Affordable housing

Disrespectful Residents Taking Over Affordable Housing There are great options available to lower income individuals and families for affordable housing. The options include public and section 8 housing through the city as well as affordable housing through private ownership. Residents have opportunities depending on income, size of family, and senior citizen status. The problem that arises frequently in these housing developments is a common theme of residents that have no respect for the property. This observation comes from a personal standpoint based on my own experience of living in affordable housing, family members residing in public housing, and a personal contact with a rental property owner that accepts section 8. The lack of respect…

Affordable housing has recently come under scrutiny as new changes are currently being proposed as to their definition, availability and affordability. Our Government acknowledges that we have a shortage of affordable housing within England and Wales and new proposals have caused much controversy as to the definition of such homes, with many concerned that these new plans will only increase the housing crisis that we are currently facing (Foster, 2016). Local authorities are being given more…

Many people today strive to provide adequate housing for their families. Being in an adequate housing means affordable, safe location, accessibility, privacy, comfort, habitable which includes; suitable lighting, safe water supply, and proper heating and air conditioner system. “Many people live in homes that are unsafe, dilapidated, and inadequate” (McNutt & Hoefer, 2016, p. 255). “Others live in housing that they cannot afford and still more lack any permanent housing at all” (McNutt & Hoefer,…

People are sent to work by the economy; consequently, they cannot afford housing near their job. Developers build an expensive house in the neighborhood or the apartment. Affordable housing is a problem for homeless people in the region. Library.cqpress.com reports, “Many homeless people began living in shanties made of cardboard or other salvaged material” (Lyons). Due to higher prices and rents, people cannot afford to live in an expensive house. The company is considering two solutions that…

Economic Context of California’s Affordable Housing Shortage As California’s population nearly doubled over the last three decades, the state’s ability to develop affordable public housing has not grown nearly as fast (Governer's Budget Summary 17-18, 2017). Approximately 1.7 million of very-low and low-income households are in the urgent need of subsidized housing because they spend more than one-third of their income on housing costs in the least expensive areas across the state (Mac, 2015).…

safe and suitable housing has been problematic since the 1800s in the United States. The tenement reform was an early intervention by the local government before the federal government got involved in 1937. Congress passed the Wagner-steagall housing Act, which established the current federal housing program. For the past years, public housing authorities having been trying to attain the level of success mixed income housing authorities pursue today? The beginning of mixed income housing was the…

The Booming Impacts of Housing Affordable housing is an important issue that not only affects the Boston area, but the United States as a whole. The New York Times published an article in November 2015 stating that based off a Siena College Poll, “half of New Yorkers say they are barely or not getting by.” However, affordable housing has many indirect impacts in society rather than just shelter. These impacts have an effect on mental and physical health, the environment, education, and the…

Affordable housing advocates in Philadelphia believes that the city needs a strategy to guarantee some amount of affordable housing in neighborhoods that are receiving large amounts of private investment. According the PEW Trust, Philadelphia already have a number of policies and programs in place that are relevant to the changes taking place in gentrified neighborhoods. There are numerous strategies and ideas on the table to address gentrification in Philadelphia. The three attainable goals to…

Affordable Housing Relief Program Affordable housing has been an issue for many people for a number of years. Today is no different. In a 2016 report issued by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, “In no state, metropolitan area, or county can a full-time worker earning the prevailing minimum wage afford a modest two bedroom apartment.” Obtaining housing can be difficult for the working class, but even more difficult for college students and people who are unemployed. Solving…

The Housing Choice Voucher Program, also known as Section 8, is influenced by multiple policy actors, various interest groups, and sub-committees. These actors provide the education, research, and support needed to keep the policy flourishing and to also to make sure it is running efficiently. The Section 8 program began in 1974 by the U.S. Government. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is responsible for funding this subsidy program yet there are many aspects that come…