Concept information
Preferred term
community-based housing
Definition
- The concept of community-based housing incorporates a wide range of principles and methods in the interest of mobilizing resources for resolving the housing issues of groups that depend on social interventions, namely, those in the public rental sector. It is intended for families and households with low to moderate incomes and people with special needs, such as seniors, people with disabilities, single parents, young people, migrants, people escaping domestic violence, people at risk of homelessness, people escaping natural disasters, and ethnic minorities. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Housing; Community-Based Housing]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- cohousing
- common interest development
- Community Development Block Grant
- community development corporations
- community land trust
- company housing
- condominiums
- cooperative housing
- gated community
- homeowners' association
- housing counseling
- housing of slaves
- land bank
- limited-equity cooperatives
- military-related housing
- mutual housing
- Native Americans
- neighborhood stabilization program
- nonprofit housing
- participatory design and planning
- planned unit development
- pueblos
- religion and housing
- resident management
- rural housing
- self-help housing
- social housing
- squatter settlements
- student housing
- vernacular housing
- zoning
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/community-based_housing
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