By Liza Veale, KALW Crosscurrents
When we say “affordable housing,” we are actually using a precisely defined concept. “Affordable,” in this context, means housing that costs no more than 30 percent of a household’s income.
Here in the Bay Area, almost half of us are living in housing we cannot, by this definition, “afford.” It has become so common that it is easy to lose sight of the fact that the economy did not used to work this way.
Read the complete story at KALW Crosscurrents.
To learn more about affordable housing in San Francisco, read San Francisco Public Press Summer 2014 special report, Creative Solutions to San Francisco’s Housing Crisis.
