Housing costs across the nation and in Greater Boston are rising, and many policymakers have turned to Inclusionary …. We identify the potential for various policy levers to create affordable housing, and address the risks and limitations … affordable housing production policies …

Understanding housing affordability is key to addressing the housing problem. This study evaluates housing … percent of income standard that is commonly used as a measure of housing affordability in the country. The authors note that … the 30 percent of income standard overestimates housing affordability among the poor and underestimates among those in the …

exceptionally high cost of urban housing. Registration rules prohibit migration to urban centers, and urban housing costs push up … 90 percent of people support lifting all registration restrictions and over 80 percent favor increasing urban housing … construction. The results of the experiment show that reform popularity increases when propiska rules and housing costs are …