This working paper traces the evolution of social supports for housing since 2004, including local authority (LA) housing, housing provided by Approved Housing Bodies (AHB) and support for renting in the private sector through schemes administered by the local government sector (Rental...

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Housing and Reform in Pre-Depression Vancouver -- 2 'Slum Dwellings': The Housing Problem in the 1930s -- 3 Responding to the Housing Problem in the 1930s: The Campaign for Low-Rent Housing --...

Housing affordability is a hotly debated issue on global scale. A lack of affordable housing of decent quality is a chronic problem in urban areas. Governments try to alleviate it by stimulating homeownership among middle-income households and providing social housing for the low-income...

This article consists in three parts. The first part deals with theory. We evaluate the pros and cons of government involvement in urban housing and of renting versus ownership. In the second part, we summarize the different housing policies that have been implemented in the United States,...