Affordable for whom?
Reflections on the possibilities of an EU Affordable Housing Plan from a homelessness perspective
A FEANTSA Report
For some people, all housing is affordable, no matter how expensive; for others, no housing is affordable unless it is free
- Stone, Michael, Burke, Terry, Ralston, Liss. (2011)
The residual income approach to housing affordability: the theory and the practice.
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute. AHURI Positioning Paper No. 139
The new Commission’s mandate promised, through Ursula von der Leyen’s Political Guidelines, a first-ever series of actions in response to the European housing crisis. However, there are currently inconsistent references in the EU level political commitments as to how to define affordable housing. Considering the lack of consensus on what affordable housing means, this document aims to contribute to the ongoing reflection on how the EU can best address the housing crisis, and what risks lie ahead.
