PwC/ULI Emerging Trends in Real Estate: Housing Affordability and Connectivity

Andy Warren and Mitch Roschelle join Host Michael Bull in Studio One to discuss PwC and ULI's most recent Emerging Trends in Real Estate publication.

Part 3 of 5:

Nowadays, the affordable housing conversation makes a

distinction between “big-A” and “small-A” affordability. Big-A

affordability refers to housing for low-income households and

looks at familiar subsidy programs such as Section 8, the low income

housing tax credit, and a panoply of state and local

programs seeking to address 12 million households paying

more than 50 percent of their income for housing.

Small-A affordability concerns recognize that, in many markets,

middle-income households—those in the second to fourth

quintile nationally, averaging between $31,000 and $87,000 in

yearly income—are “housing stressed,” spending more than a

third of their income on housing costs.

Part 1: PwC/ULI Emerging Trends in Real Estate: Where Are We in the

Cycle? 2 :

PwC/ULI Emerging Trends in Real Estate: Labor Scarcity Impact on Construction Costs 4: PwC/ULI Emerging Trends in Real Estate: Top Ten Markets to Watch 5: PwC/ULI Emerging Trends in Real Estate: Best Bets for 2017