How Much for Housing?: New Perspectives on Affordability and Risk

Focuses on the cost of housing today and emphasizes that the old rules of thumb applying to housing costs neither reflect today’s actual housing market nor constitute a meaningful goal. Features a close analysis of housing trends since 1960. The authors call for a public policy that allows for variations in housing expenditure and argue persuasively that such a policy could be built into variations already apparent in the market. Originally published in 1981 by Abt Books.