Crisis in the Community: The Affordable Housing Shortage in California

Authors

David Smith, California State University, Monterey Bay

Document Type

Main Theme / Tema Central

Abstract

This paper explores how land use and housing policies have discriminated against marginalized groups, creating a lack of affordable housing and resulting in economic and social segregation. Smith supports the contention that the lack of affordable housing is not an economic problem, but a political determination: policy makers do not choose to prioritize affordability when new housing is developed.

Recommended Citation

Smith, David (2004) "Crisis in the Community: The Affordable Housing Shortage in California," Culture, Society, and Praxis: Vol. 2: No. 2, Article 4.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/csp/vol2/iss2/4