By Julie LaPalme and Nicholas Gazzard The residential rental market differs from other consumer markets in certain key ways that result in the market being unable to meet the housing needs of many Canadian households at a price they can afford. So what are the causes of this market failure? To begin with, prices in the rental… Read More Housing Market Realities: Part I
By Rutger Noorlander Architecture could serve to improve the lives of social housing residents. Exactly 100 years ago, in an attempt to design quality housing for the urban working classes, architects have produced ideals that form a relation between architecture on the one hand and on the other hand adequate, efficient social housing with art… Read More Architecture to improve the well-being of public housing residents: The Amsterdam School of Architecture
The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is the largest subsided housing program in the USA serving more than 2 million households. Like the public housing program, a few very large housing authorities in large markets hold a good deal of these vouchers. I am pretty sure that someone wrote a list of the ten largest… Read More 10 of the Largest Housing Choice Voucher Programs in the USA
Early in my public housing career, I had the chance to work with the Family Self Sufficiency Program (FSS). I loved the idea from the first time I heard of it. Any program that would encourage our residents to acquire and develop the skills necessary to realize the dreams they have sounds like a winner. … Read More Time to Blow Up the Family Self Sufficiency Program
Any fair-minded person will always try to give someone a chance. Although I clearly understand Republicans are not typically good for public housing, I sat back and let the new President and Secretary of HUD lay out their plans. The first plan was not good. It was clear that their intention was to significantly… Read More Trump’s War on Public Housing
Do you have a passion for affordable housing? ^Housing Futures is accepting articles for our open ended platform about social housing around the world. Join a talented and passionate group of writers who are sharing experiences and best practices from around the world. Publishing on our site will allow you to gain an audience… Read More Public and Social Housing Writers Wanted!
Chili is known as a beautiful South American country that receives interest from tourists from around the world. However; in recent years the provision of social and affordable housing has roared back to the forefront. The history of affordable housing in Chili is actually long and quite interesting. The programs in comparison to other countries in… Read More Chili is Leading the Affordable Housing Movement in South America.
We at ^Housing Futures believe in celebrating leaders who chose public housing as their career and passion. Today we examine three leaders that work at medium to large sized housing authorities across the USA. Fred Mckinnies: Jacksonville Housing Authority: Phil has been the ED at this housing authority for several years. This PHA has made… Read More 3 Public Housing Leaders from Medium Sized Agencies You Should Know
By Emily Casebeer Development costs in western Washington and across the United States continue to increase. According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the Associated General Contractors of America, the cost of construction is rising (Anderson, 2018). Hard construction makes up a large portion of these costs. 30% of hard construction costs are… Read More Affordable Housing is Unaffordable to Build
By Diane Anastos Anyone who has ever volunteered with a community council, a nonprofit board or a nonprofit organization is familiar with turnover; the complaint that it’s always the same people doing all of the work and the personality conflict that crop up. As the Resident Initiatives Coordinator for the St. Paul Public Housing Agency in… Read More Public Housing Resident Councils: How to Encourage Resident Participation
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