Date
4-13-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
Housing is considered affordable if it costs 30% or less of a household’s income, and “is deed-restricted to income-eligible low- or moderate-income residents” (MAPC, n.d.). According to the Joint Center of Housing Studies (JCHS), as of 2017, 31.5% of all American households were considered cost-burdened by rent, meaning they spent more than 30% of their income on rent. That same year, the percentage of severely cost-burdened households (those who spent over 50% of their income in rent) was 15.2%. This means that almost half of all Americans struggled to pay rent in 2017 (Veal & Spader, 2018).
Department
Political Science
Thesis Comittee
Dr. Melinda R. Tarsi, Thesis Advisor
Dr. Boah Kim, Committee Member
Dr. Kevin Donnelly, Committee Member
Copyright and Permissions
Original document was submitted as an Honors Program requirement. Copyright is held by the author.
Recommended Citation
De La Fuente Martinez, Maria Fernanda. (2021). Redefining Affordable Housing in MA. In BSU Honors Program Theses and Projects. Item 465. Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/honors_proj/465
Copyright © 2021 Maria Fernanda De La Fuente Martinez