Design has played a complicated role in affordable housing in both the U.S. and
the UK. These two countries have had fairly different approaches towards their
affordable housing policy in the past, but now have both converged to using mixed
income housing as a primary method of delivering affordable housing. This report will
investigate the role that design plays in the ways that each of these countries administers
its mixed income housing programs. Specifically, it will look at how design is used to
achieve the goals behind mixed income housing, as well as specific decisions regarding
exterior treatment and siting of the units in a mixed income housing development. I will
use a case study approach in my research process, focusing on two case studies in the
UK, and two case studies in the U.S. In order to obtain my findings, I used key informant
interviews, key policy and program documents, and on-site observations. Ultimately, I
found that design factors need to be carefully balanced between social equity goals and
financial feasibility, and it is important to recognize the limitations of what mixed income
housing can achieve for social goals. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/22315 |
| Date | 20 November 2013 |
| Creators | Qi, Meng, active 2009 |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | electronic |
| Rights | Copyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works. |
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