Affordable Housing in the United States - Paperback

by Gregg Colburn (Author), Rebecca J. Walter (Author)

Affordable Housing in the United States addresses the issue of affordability, or lack thereof, in housing, to consider questions like: What makes housing affordable and for whom? What are the consequences of a lack of affordable housing? How is affordable housing created? What are some steps to ensure access to affordable housing?

Author Biography

Gregg Colburn is an Associate Professor in the Runstad Department of Real Estate, College of Built Environments, at the University of Washington. He enjoys teaching courses in housing, economics, and finance at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. His research focuses on housing policy, housing markets, housing affordability, and homelessness. He is also actively engaged in community efforts to address the acute housing crisis in the Puget Sound region. He is the author of Homelessness is a Housing Problem (2022).

Rebecca Walter is an Associate Professor in the Runstad Department of Real Estate, College of Built Environments, at the University of Washington. Her research is focused on policy innovation in low-income housing. She emphasizes a spatial analytical approach to examine how housing policies either expand opportunity or perpetuate inequality for low-income households. Most of her work is applied as it involves direct engagement with public housing authorities and non-profit housing providers.