Research Paper
August 28, 2024
Housing
Housing
Securing access to affordable housing is a worldwide problem whose solution is necessary to ensure the long-term sustainability of cities and metropolitan regions.
Housing
Recent Activities
Research Paper
November 1, 2023
A Comparative Study of International Financial Models to Increase Longterm Rental Housing Supply in South Korea
This review is part of the 5th Joint Research initiative between The Wilson Center in Washington D.C. and The
Housing And Urban Guarantee Corporation (HUG), a South Korean public company offering housing and rental
guarantees to improve housing opportunities and general welfare.
Eugénie L. Birch
Amanda Lloyd
Urban Development
Housing
Research Paper
August 16, 2023
An Overview of Affordable Housing in the United States
This policy brief provides the national context of housing and especially affordable housing in the early 21st century. We follow Freeman and Schuetz (2017) who defined “affordable housing” broadly to mean any housing that (1) must be rented or sold at below-market prices, or (2) can be occupied only by households below a defined income threshold. The brief gives an overview of the affordable housing system in the U.S. After describing the roles of the private and public sector, we give an overview of some the major approaches to producing affordable housing. A brief example is provided for the various approaches discussed.
Lance Freeman
Yining Lei
Housing
State & Local Finance
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