The housing cost disease

REGULATION AND THE HIGH COST OF HOUSING Regulation and the High Cost of Housing in California

The rise in housing costs in California has far exceeded the national inflation rate. During the past three years, housing prices in five coastal counties increased by more than 60 percent. For the highest quintile of cities, prices increased by an average of more than 30 percent per year. Evidently California housing markets differ qualitatively from those in the rest of the country. One strik...

Housing and the Cost of Land

The Cost of Housing in Black Neighborhoods

This paper reports the findings of a national study of black-white differentials in housing consumption. The main issue explored is whether blacks pay higher prices and/or consume different residential packages than whites as a result of racial discrimination and segregation. When blacks living in white neighborhoods were compared with whites, it was found that blacks purchased different reside...

Evaluating the Satisfaction Rate of Low-Income Communities about Low-Cost Housing (Case Study: Abadeh Mehr Housing in Iran)

As cited in the constitution of the Islamic republic of Iran, it's one of the responsibilities of the government to provide appropriate housing for the people of Iran. The main aim of current study was to assess satisfaction rate of a Mehr housing residents in Fars province, southwest of Iran. Randomly selected heads of 100 households residents of Abadeh Mehr housing for at least 1 year were as...

Achieving Cost Benefits in Sustainable Cooperative Housing

The cooperative housing sector is directed at low and medium income residents who cannot afford to buy their homes in the regular private market. Due to social housing legislation, it is possible to build cooperative housing below regular market costs and use tax benefits, therefore providing affordable dwellings to their owners. Traditional cooperative housing used to provide less comfort and ...