| Title | New OECD Affordable Housing Database |
| Author Name | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| Link | http://www.oecd.org/social/affordable-housing-database.htm |
Access to
good-quality affordable housing is a fundamental need and key to achieving a
number of social policy objectives, including reducing poverty and enhancing
equality of opportunity, social inclusion and mobility. Housing needs are
frequently unmet, and today a significant number of people across the OECD are
homeless and too many households live in low-quality dwellings or face housing
costs they can ill afford. The Affordable Housing Database (AHD) has been
developed to help countries monitor access to good-quality affordable housing
and strengthen the knowledge base for policy evaluation. It brings together
cross-national information from OECD countries and EU member states. The database currently includes indicators grouped along three
main dimensions: housing market context, housing conditions, and public
policies towards affordable housing. Each
indicator presents data on a particular issue, relevant definitions and
methodology, as well as key results. Indicators also discuss comparability,
data and source issues, and, where relevant, include the raw data or
descriptive information across countries.