Affordable Housing Designing an American Asset

Written in conjunction with the National Building Museum, this guide dispels the typically disparaging view of affordable housing. Durable, environmentally sensitive, comfortable, attractive, and easily maintained designs are brought together in this collection by some of the nation's most gifted architects. Site-plans, full colour photography, and ideas for the sources of funding that could make these designs a reality are included. As public officials, nonprofits, developers, and architects advocate for public housing, this book will help them make their case.

This book was written by Adrienne Schmitz, a director at the Urban Land Institute, the leading real estate and land use education and research institute in the world, in conjunction with The National Building Museum, which has mounted a travelling exhibit on affordable housing design.