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Here we are attempting to derive a pattern language to map ''all possible ways to make housing affordable''. Affordability is of course not the ''only'' problem or goal people have in housing or housing policy; people also seek housing quality, good design, housing that helps create community or builds wealth, or which helps employment and economic growth in an area, or which contributes to environmental sustainability, etc. Even closer to 'affordability,' one might choose different lenses such as anti-displacement, housing security, housing for all, adequate housing, attainable housing. Nevertheless, affordability (or the somewhat ambigious "affordable housing") is a pervasive concern and framing, and what we choose to focus on here.
Since affordability is defined by ratio of housing costs (perhaps including transportation) to income or wealth, of course a major way to help affordability is to increase the income/wealth of the less well-off. However, since this extends far into the realm of general economic/social policy, here we consider that outside of scope; except for the pattern of housing benefits (e.g. vouchers), which could and some argue should be done with general income benefits such as Earned Income Tax Credit. [this would tend to support people making their own determination of housing type/price that serves their needs, which is aligned with many of other patterns].
This ''affordability pattern language ''could be integrated with or extended to other pattern languages that describe other issues in housing or cities. For exampple, Wiki inventor Ward Cunningham, and fellow Portlander, urbanist, & architectural theorist Michael Mehaffy have been working with others on a new pattern language and online pattern repository, ''A Pattern Language for Growing Regions ''(''APLGR; ''[http://www.sustasis.net/APLFGR.html draft version online], printed book forthcoming 2019). The affordability pattern language here could potentially be integrated with ''APLGR, ''and others pattern languages such as a proposed "[[Portland_Civic_Patterns_Repository|Portland Civic Patterns Repository]]" ''[citation needed] ''to describe approaches for civic governance and engagement.
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[can be supported by bond and General funding - local/state. i.e., just tax ourselves more. (the "public option")]
See [[Income-based_housing_benefit|Income-based housing benefit]], and subsection "[https://www.yimby.wiki/wiki/Income-based_housing_benefit#proposed_Oregon_rental_assistance.C2.A0program_.282019.29 proposed Oregon rental assistance program (2019)]."
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