Affordable-accessible housing in a dynamic city : Affordable-accessible housing in a dynamic city : why and how to increase affordable housing development in accessible locations [plus affordable-accessible housing photo essay]

These shifts may reflect increased food and clothing affordability, and increased housing and transportation quality (larger and more comfortable homes, more motorized travel, increased total mobility), but they may also reflect a reduction in housing and transport affordability, that is, a decline in the quality of affordable transport options (walking, cycling, public transit, etc.) and less acc [...] Figure 3 Housing and Transport Expenditures by Income Quintile (BLS 2007) The portion of household budgets devoted to housing and transport is unaffordable for most lower- income households (those in the first and second quintile). [...] Figure 4 Share of Income Spent on Housing and Transport (Lipman 2006) The portion of low- and moderate-income household budgets devoted to transport and housing increases with distance from urban centers. [...] In many communities, high housing and transport costs limit the pool of lower-wage employees, and therefore local business development, and discourage students, pensioners and artists from living in a particular area, thereby reducing the economic and social activities they support. [...] It allows lower-income employees to live close to businesses, economically and socially disadvantaged children to attend good schools, and creative people (students, artists and entrepreneurs) to live, work and participate in a community.