Comment 99241

By greg_tedesco (registered) | Posted March 27, 2014 at 13:46:47 in reply to Comment 99202

Definitely. There needs to be effective ways to spread affordable housing throughout communities - including community initiatives, as well as engaging the developers in ways that ensure that new developments include affordable options.

An example from Portland, but important lessons we've seen elsewhere in terms of how growing neighbourhoods with new development can impact individuals and groups if affordable housing options aren't addressed:

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/03/affordable_housing_no_recourse.html

An issue again is quality - somewhere along the line the idea of affordable housing has become equated to plainly designed, poorly built models. I think this has shifted to a certain extent in some areas, but needs to continue to be demonstrated in practice - "quality" and "affordable" can't be mutually exclusive.

A much broader selection of examples throughout the world, but interesting to see how others have approached the issue of design:

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/201...

And definitely agree with the last point...affordable housing and inclusionary development is just part of the much bigger picture. Income (and inequality) - and the social determinants of health - must be addressed.

Thanks for the feedback, Ryan!

Comment edited by greg_tedesco on 2014-03-27 13:47:46

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