If affordability is achieved through a
reduction in the cost of housing, housing
is more affordable; however, if affordability
is achieved through an increase in
household income, everything becomes
more affordable. 14
Equipping people with marketable skills
and abilities—through education and
training, for example—can go a long way
to increasing access to housing options for
more families over the long term. This 27
perspective often gets lost in the
discussion around gentrification—that one
way of increasing access to housing is
raising incomes.
Balancing place-based and people-oriented
strategies are important so that low-income
households are able to participate in increasing
opportunities within their communities.
Strategies that coordinate housing assistance
and improving the fiscal situation of fami