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The Design Matters catalog is one resource for information on affordable
housing. Further print and internet resources are listed below.
Websites
Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana (UAM)
The UIC City Design Center collaborated with the UAM in Mexico City on
the development of a catalog of Mexican examples of affordable housing.
http://izel.uam.mx:666/cad/index.html
The Affordable Homes Program, McGill University is a graduate
studies program within the McGill University School of Architecture that
conducts research, issues publications, and carries out projects for affordable
housing.
http://www.mcgill.ca/homes (September
26, 2001).
The Affordable Housing Design Advisor is a website completed
under contract to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
that provides affordable housing tools, a gallery of exemplary projects
and a design checklist.
http://www.designadvisor.org
(September 26, 2001).
The American Planning Association (APA) is a non-profit
public interest and research organization focusing on urban and rural
planning issues.
http://www.planning.org (September
20, 2001).
The APA Policy Guide on Housing addresses the issues of
affordable housing, fair housing, homelessness and housing quality.
http://www.planning.org/govt/policyguide
(September 20, 2001).
The Best Practices Database is a searchable database of
over 1100 programs and projects from over 120 countries on the topics
of housing, governance, poverty, infrastructure and environmental protection.
In order to find information regarding housing, click on database search
on the home page and type in housing, or click on database search and
use the subject index included on this page. The housing subject areas
are affordable housing, homelessness, land tenure and security, access
to housing finance, construction industry, and ecological design.
http://www.bestpractices.org
(September 26, 2001).
The Fannie Mae Foundation creates affordable homeownership
and housing opportunities through partnerships and initiatives in communities
across the United States.
http://www.fanniemaefoundation.org
(September 20, 2001).
Global Green USA has a Greening Affordable Housing Initiative
(GAHI) to promote the design, construction, and maintenance of affordable,
resource-efficient housing.
http://www.globalgreen.org (September
20, 2001).
Habitat for Humanity International is a non-profit, ecumenical
Christian organization that focuses on building simple, affordable housing.
Since 1976 Habitat has built over 100,000 houses in more than 79 countries.
http://www.habitat.org (September
26, 2001).
The Housing Information Gateway contains a bibliography
of over 4500 references as well as links to more than 300 housing-related
organizations worldwide. The data can be searched by names, key words,
and location. The Gateway also provides information on housing-related
listservs and upcoming events.
http://www.colorado.edu/plan/housing-info
(September 25, 2001).
The National Affordable Housing Network is an advocacy
and research organization that provides house plans, technical assistance,
and other educational material.
http://www.nahn.com (September 25, 2001).
The National Low Income Housing Coalition, established
in 1974, provides advocacy and outreach on affordable housing issues.
Publications address recommended housing policy as well as housing needs.
http://www.nlihc.org (September 26,
2001).
The Rural Studio is a program for advanced architecture
students at Auburn University who develop and build homes in Newbern,
Alabama. The Studio presents information on these completed projects as
well as faculty publications.
http://www.arch.auburn.edu/ruralstudio
(September 26, 2001).
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is
the Federal agency responsible for national policy and programs that address
America's housing needs, that improve and develop the Nation's communities,
and enforce fair housing laws.
http://www.hud.gov (September 20, 2001).
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Publications
Belden, J. N. and Wiener, R. J., eds. 1999. Housing in rural America;
building affordable and inclusive communities. Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage Publications.
Brower, Sidney. 1996. Good neighborhoods: a study of in-town & suburban
residential environments. Westport, CT: Praeger.
Davis, Sam. 1995. The architecture of affordable housing. Berkeley,
CA: University of California.
Davis, Sam, ed. 1977. The Form of Housing. New York: Van Nostrand
Reinhold Company.
Designer/builder. December 1999. Design Matters in Affordable
Housing. 30-33.
Franck, Karen A. and Ahrentzen, Sherry. 1989. New households, new
housing. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Friedman, Avi. 2001. The Grow Home. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's
University Press.
Jones, Tom; Pettus AIA, William; & Pyatok, FAIA, Michael. 1995. Good
neighbors: affordable family housing. Melbourne, Australia: The Images
Publishing Group Pty. Ltd.
Katz, Peter. 1994. The new urbanism: toward an architecture of community.
New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc.
MacDonald, FAIA, Donald. 1996. Democratic architecture: practical
solutions to today's housing crisis. New York: Whitney Library of
Design; Watson-Guptill Publications.
Marcus, Clare Cooper and Sarkissian, Wendy with Wilson, Sheena and Perlgut,
Donald. 1986. Housing as if people mattered: site design guidelines
for medium-density family housing. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London:
University of California Press.
Planning. September 2001. The Price is Right, and So is The Design.
8-13.
Sanders, Welford. April 1993. Manufactured housing site development
guide. Planning Advisory Service Report No. 445. Chicago: American
Planning Association.
Sanders, Welford. July 1998. Manufactured housing: regulation, design
innovations, and development options. Planning Advisory Service Report
No. 478. Chicago: American Planning Association.
Taylor, Lisa, ed. 1990. Housing: symbol, structure, site. New
York, New York: The Smithsonian Institution.
Van Vliet, Willem, ed. 1997. Affordable housing and urban redevelopment
in the United States. Urban Affairs Annual Reviews 46. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. No date. CD- ROM
Affordable housing design advisor: bringing the power of design to affordable
housing.
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