Affordable Housing Mandates in the USA

Running head: AFFORDABLE HOUSING MANDATES
AFFORDABLE HOUSING MANDATES
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Abstract
Public health is a deep rooted subject where every issue is interrelated. In the similar
way, homelessness is a social issue which has direct and indirect impact on society and public
health. The struggle of homelessness is being combated by different organizations in the USA by
different methods. This report is a elaborated version of the struggle of homelessness,
comprising of the concept of homelessness and the situation in the USA. The major focus is the
organizations fighting to prevent people becoming homeless and helping the homeless people
achieve affordable housing. Also, an idea of interacting with media and government officials is
included, that describes the opportunity of the interaction.

Introduction:
In the United States, the term affordable housing is used to refer housing that is within
reach of everyone’s income. It includes housing of both types: rental and occupied by the owner.
The united state government regards affordable the housing that costs at or below people’s 30
percent of income (Schwartz, 2014). The affordable housing is when people with a median
household income comfortably buy the housing. Housing affordability is usually measured by
comparing housing prices and income of an individual. The costs of housing have been
increasing drastically and causing a massive crisis in affordable housing (Karki, 2015). The
paper aims to focus on one of the public health problems which are the affordable housing
mandates in the United States. The paper discusses the issue of affordable housing and the
communities that are contributing to reducing the problem in society. The solution to providing
equal distribution of modest house is the second focus of the paper followed by several important
facts and resources that would make the problem more comfortable in dealing. Lastly, the paper
involves the concept of including government officials and how that would be beneficial to
approach the problem.
Discussion:
U.S. Homelessness Assistance Organizations: Although the United States is one among the
wealthy countries it has been facing challenges when comes to providing homes for each citizen.
The economy pressurizes more people each day to surrender their homes and live on streets and
cars. There are many organizations that are known to work on this particular issue (Rahman,
Turner, & Elbedour, 2015). The National Coalition for the Homeless is one such organization