The Affordable Housing Reader
The Affordable Housing Reader by J. Rosie Tighe, published by Routledge in 2013, is a comprehensive collection that explores the themes and debates surrounding affordable housing policy. This edition spans 565 pages and is presented in English, making it a valuable resource for professors, students, and researchers interested in the interdisciplinary literature on housing policy and planning.
Readers will find a structured overview of key debates in affordable housing, including the motivations behind housing policy, analyses of housing challenges, and discussions on gentrification and race. Each section is contextualized with introductory essays and features a variety of influential texts and articles, providing a thorough examination of the subject matter. This Reader is particularly suitable for graduate and undergraduate courses in public policy and city planning, offering insights into the complexities of urban development and social policy.
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The Affordable Housing Reader brings together classic works and contemporary writing on the themes and debates that have animated the field of affordable housing policy as well as the challenges in achieving the goals of policy on the ground. The Reader – aimed at professors, students, and researchers – provides an overview of the literature on housing policy and planning that is both comprehensive and interdisciplinary. It is particularly suited for graduate and undergraduate courses on housing policy offered to students of public policy and city planning.
The Reader is structured around the key debates in affordable housing, ranging from the conflicting motivations for housing policy, through analysis of the causes of and solutions to housing problems, to concerns about gentrification and housing and race. Each debate is contextualized in an introductory essay by the editors, and illustrated with a range of texts and articles.
Elizabeth Mueller and Rosie Tighe have brought together for the first time into a single volume the best and most influential writings on housing and its importance for planners and policy-makers.
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