Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Unaffordable Housing: What it costs to rent a 2 Br Apt [Was: Affordable...

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On Jun 14, 2018, at 10:36 AM, Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
> 
> "Affordable Housing" can also refer to a US program of subsidized housing
> as Dick refered to.
> 
> "Low Income housing" is subsidzed more.
> 
> I changed the subject line to "Unaffordable" which I think only has the
> generic meaning that Sharon meant originally.

Thank you — that is what I did mean. I usually try to be more careful in using 
“affordable” but I was quoting a source. As others pointed out “affordable” to 
HUD is not the same as “affordable” to the rest of the world. 

We need low income housing, but I think a better way to get it than subsidy is 
to design better housing options and not use codes to restrict low income 
housing. And fix our unbalanced income problems.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org