Date of Award
Spring 6-3-2016
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of arts (BA)
Department
Urban Studies
First Advisor
Ali Modarres
Abstract
Access to quality and affordable housing is a human need and, by some standards, a human right. However, as a commodity, housing is not available to all individuals at an affordable price. In the United States, rental housing affordability had been mainly tackled through local rent control measures. This paper shows that the changing features of the American housing toward a more urban based multifamily rental style have made affordable rental housing more important than ever before. Regardless of the nature of rent controls, municipalities have faced tough push back from developers, politicians and economists. The findings indicate that alternative to rent control such as the Housing Choice Voucher Programs and Project- Based Rental Assistance are highly effective in tacking affordability with much less negative consequences. However, the reality is that these alternative approaches are not heavily funded by the federal government on a long term basis to be fully sustainable.
Recommended Citation
Singh, Jasvir, "Affordability or Displacement: The Contemporary Housing Problem" (2016). Global Honors Theses. 39.
https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/gh_theses/39
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