How to support affordability and sustainability of housing? Set of tools applicable via strategic plans of cities

Abstract

This article presents the results of project “Affordable and Sustainable Housing in Strategic Settlement Planning”. The project researched how municipal strategic planning might be connected to housing policies and brought the set of 30 tools and actions supporting affordability and sustainability of housing at local level. When applied individually, none of the presented tools and actions solves the situation –they always need to be well combined, fit the conditions of individual cities, and create synergies. Even though the project focused on the Czech Republic, the developed list of tools and actions might be inspiring for other countries too.

Keywords: cities; affordable housing; strategic plans; tools supporting sustainability