One of California's most pressing social and environmental challenges is the rapid
expansion of the wildlands–urban interface (WUI). Multiple issues associated with WUI …

Affordable housing contributes to the prosperity of any community. This study assesses
housing challenges and enabling programs to affordable housing in the Kingdom of Saudi …

Australia faces a chronic shortage of affordable rental housing, as do many other nations in
the Global North. Unable to access the formal rental sector, lower-income earners are …

Does 'informal'housing offer more affordable choices for low-income renters in expensive
cities? This paper investigates this question with reference to Sydney, Australia, where …

Informal land development has become a key issue in relation to land use planning in many
countries. A new type of informal development, the informal gate community, has emerged …

Since the accessory dwelling unit (ADU) has emerged as a policy alternative to increase
housing stock and provide affordable options for areas impacted by housing shortages …

Manufactured housing (MH) is a central component of affordable housing in the United
States. Yet the MH tenure ranges from manufactured homes on privately owned property to …

In recent years, a vibrant literature on urban informality has emerged in urban geography. A
key claim of this literature is that informality is not only present in cities in the Global South …

Cities have a large supply of garages that could be converted into affordable housing in
single-family neighborhoods, but minimum parking requirements prevent converting most of …

While studies of property rights have long gone beyond the legal-illegal dichotomy, how to
quantify the varying degree of property rights remains a challenging task. Focusing on a …