Measuring Housing Affordability: Assessing the 30 Percent of Income Standard
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- Copyright
- 2018
- Published By
- Joint Center for Housing Studies
This paper examines whether an alternative housing affordability measure produces a different assessment in regards to housing affordability. Instead of using the 30-percent income standard, the authors explore the concept of residual income for measuring housing affordability.