On July 2nd, 2020 viaARCHITECTURE participated in the San Francisco Affordable Housing Competition hosted by Beebreeders.
While it is perhaps appropriate to put forth the challenge of an ideas competition dedicated to AFFORDABLE HOUSING for the purpose of keeping the subject of affordable housing before the public eye. we propose that AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NO LONGER A DESIGN ISSUE. Affordable housing is a political issue. Modern housing prototypes have been produced for over one hundred years. We merely need to select one of these prototypes and build it. What needs to be designed is public policy, choosing how a community will prioritize its resources. Housing, along with access to affordable health care and quality education should be available to every citizen as of right. The absence of affordable housing is not the result of a reciprocal absence of advocacy, of economics, or design, but simply the lack of political will. The methods are available. The means and the incentives to achieve it are not.
