Examination of Affordable Housing Policies in India

Financing Affordable Housing for the Low-Income in Urban India

Introduction With vast investment and employment opportunities, India's urban areas have already become the engine of the country's development, drawing in everyone from the global real estate firm to the displaced marginal farmer. The World Bank estimates that urban areas currently house 32 percent of India's population of 1.2 billion, the highest proportion in Indian history.

Lifetime Affordable Housing in Australia

research by Dr John Morrissey, Prof Ralph Horne, Prof Mike Berry and Mr Trivess Moore conducted at the Centre for Design, RMIT University between February 2008 and October 2010. The research examined the relationship between housing cost and provision and long term sustainability limits, considering socio-economic, spatial and inter-generational dimensions. This briefing reports on the influenc...

Predictors of Smoke-Free Policies in Affordable Multiunit Housing, North Carolina, 2013

INTRODUCTION Smoke-free policies can effectively protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure in multiunit housing. We surveyed all affordable multiunit housing properties in North Carolina to determine the statewide prevalence of smoke-free policies and to identify predictors of smoke-free policies. METHODS Representatives of affordable housing properties in North Carolina complet...

Clearing the Air: Smoke-Free Housing Policies, Smoking, and Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Affordable Housing Residents in Minnesota, 2014–2015

INTRODUCTION During the past 30 years, local and state tobacco use control laws in the United States have helped reduce smoking prevalence and exposure to secondhand smoke, but progress among low socioeconomic populations has been slow. Implementing smoke-free housing policies in affordable housing may help address this issue. The purpose of our study was to assess how such policies affect smok...

Lessons of Defence Housing Australia for affordable housing provision