Housing Affordability by Metropolitan Area Determinant Indicators of Housing Affordability

ISBN-13: 9783639111156 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 80 str.

Amy H. Wolff; Usa) Keith G. (University Of North Carolina Debbage

Opis

The purpose of this research is to articulate the relationships that exist between housing affordability by metropolitan areas and the following variables: housing costs, income, educational attainment, population density, population growth rate, and employment composition by economic sector (professional, sales and office, and service). This research contributes to the existing affordability literature by considering all of these variables simultaneously through a regression equation based on US Census data. The findings indicate that housing affordability is geographically differentiated with the West Coast metropolitan areas being the least affordable and the South Central metropolitan areas being most affordable. Some of the predictors of housing affordability appeared to be educational attainment, employment mix, and population density based on correlation and regression results.

O autorze

Amy H. Wolff presented this work as a Master s Thesis at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro to complete her
Master of Arts in Geography. Keith G. Debbage is a Professor of
Geography at UNCG where his research focuses on the economic
geography of the tourist industry and regional economic
development issues.