Social Sustainability
Social Housing
Housing provided below market rates by public or non-profit bodies — the tenure that anchors housing affordability and urban inclusion.
Definition
Social housing is housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organisations at rents or prices below market levels, allocated according to need, to people unable to afford adequate housing on the market. Models vary widely — from Vienna's large municipal stock and Singapore's public housing to residual safety-net systems in the UK and US — but share the principle of decent housing as social infrastructure rather than pure commodity.
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