Hello all! I would love to hear what the members of this list think of affordable housing - certainly from architects (hi Naresh!) and urban policymakers, but also everyone here.
In my work as an urban planner, we throw around ideas like affordability as a function of land prices, minuscule floor areas, five times annual income, construction quality and technique - but these, for me, completely miss the mark. I'm a "millennial", renter, and likely never-homebuyer myself, and I don't think it should be a stretch to see housing as an essential, accessible (not to mention flexible and time-based) infrastructure instead of a luxury. Thoughts? Pooja
