Advisory Center for Affordable Settlements & Housing

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Housing Objectives and Policies Green Bay Smart Growth 2022

Housing Objectives and Policies Green Bay Smart Growth 2022 The Green Bay Housing Plan is intended to guide public and private investments to ensure an adequate housing supply that meets existing and forecasted...

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Affordability of Affordable Housing in the Northern Region of Malaysia

Affordability of Affordable Housing in the Northern Region of Malaysia The problem of affordable housing has emerged as a significant concern in urban centers, particularly in emerging countries. While each cou...

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The Housing Asset Triangle

The Housing Asset Triangle: Key Findings and Recommendations Residential property is the largest and most differentiated asset within any country, and a significant part of a nation’s economy, especially insofa...

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Housing the Masses: Applying Singapore’s Housing and Development Board Successes to Kenya’s Affordable Housing Program

Applying Singapore’s Housing and Development Board Successes to Kenya’s Affordable Housing Program Kenya faces several significant challenges regarding housing affordability; many of its urban population live i...

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A Place to Live in Dignity for All: Making Housing Affordable

A place to live in dignity for all: Making housing affordable Since the 1960s, Bahrain’s leadership and government started a long, but steady journey of initiatives and efforts to provide adequate and affordabl...

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Public and Private Sectors Collaboration is Needed to Promote Affordable Housing in Papua New Guinea

Public and Private Sectors Collaboration is Needed to Promote Affordable Housing in Papua New Guinea The inadequate access to formal housing in the metropolitan cities of developing countries including Papua Ne...

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National Planning Policy Framework

National Planning Policy Framework The National Planning Policy Framework sets out the Government’s planning policies for England and how these should be applied. It provides a framework within which locally pr...

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Reflections on the Normalization of Poor Quality in England’s low-income Housing

Reflections on the normalization of poor quality in England’s low-income housing It is universally acknowledged that there is a problem with housing in England, as is also the case in countries and cities acros...

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Feasibility Analysis for the Development of Community Housing on Publicly-owned Properties

Feasibility Analysis for the Development of Community Housing on Publicly-owned Properties We understand that the work of this feasibility analysis is part of a larger, urgent need to honor and maintain the sou...

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Housing Policy and Governance Help Deliver Inclusive Growth

How can housing policy and governance help deliver inclusive growth? This section assesses the housing policy response in OECD countries and proposes a series of policy considerations to support more inclusive ...

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A Home for Everyone: A Housing Strategy for British Columbians 

A Home for Everyone: A Housing Strategy for British Columbians For decades, British Columbia and federal housing policy has placed a priority on homeownership. Current housing price levels are forcing a new app...

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Housing need assessments in San Francisco, Vancouver, and Melbourne: Normative Science or Neoliberal Alchemy

Housing need assessments in San Francisco, Vancouver, and Melbourne Governments in much of the Global North have responded to dramatic increases in house prices and rents by setting supplyside targets for new h...

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what works: Affordable Housing Initiatives in Metro Vancouver Municipalities

Affordable Housing Initiatives in Metro Vancouver Municipalities Metro Vancouver is committed to preserving and enhancing the supply of affordable housing and increasing the diversity of housing choices in the ...

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Vancouver BC: 20% Core Need Housing Policy

Vancouver BC: 20% Core Need Housing Policy The document titled “Vancouver BC: 20 Core Need Housing Policy” outlines the City of Vancouver’s strategic approach to addressing housing needs, par...

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Vancouver’s Housing Affordability Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Solutions

Vancouver’s Housing Affordability Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Solutions The document “Vancouver’s Housing Affordability Crisis” provides a comprehensive overview of the ongoing challenge...

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What We Heard: Future of Housing Supply & Affordability

What We Heard: Future of Housing Supply & Affordability The document titled “What We Heard: Appendix II” serves as a detailed account of public engagement efforts and the feedback collected dur...

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Planning for a build-out of affordable rental housing in Metro Vancouver How many units and how much would it cost

Planning for a build-out of affordable rental housing in Metro Vancouver The document titled “Planning for a Build-Out of Affordable Rental Housing in Metro Vancouver: How Many Units and How Much Would I...

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Affordable Housing Policy in New Neighbourhoods Housing Initiatives from the City of Vancouver

Affordable Housing Policy in New Neighbourhoods Housing Initiatives from the City of Vancouver Further reading: Vancouver’s social housing initiative | Shape Your City Vancouver More than 100 new afforda...

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The Impacts of Affordable Housing on Health: A Research Summary

The Impacts of Affordable Housing on Health Housing is well understood to be an important social determinant of physical and mental health and well-being. In the context of ongoing national and state efforts to...

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The Rise of Market-Reliant Affordable Housing Tools

The Rise of Market-Reliant Affordable Housing Tools Survey results covering two decades of planning policy trends in US cities show a decline in government-organized housing trust funds and a shift toward priva...

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Anti-Exclusionary Zoning under Pennsylvania: A Weapon for Developers, A Loss for Low-Income Pennsylvanians

Anti-Exclusionary Zoning under Pennsylvania: A Weapon for Developers, A Loss for Low-Income Pennsylvanians In 1974, seven landowners proposed to develop several thousand units of apartments, townhouses, and mob...