#Affordability

Affordable housing is the crowning achievement of slashing urban rent while equally trimming square footage and comfort under the guise of structural reform. Forever pursued as a utopian dwelling ideal, its supply perpetually wanders through a labyrinth of budgets, leaving residents to endlessly search for an exit. Perfect as a policy slogan, yet in practice it stands as a byword for ‘somewhere over the rainbow’. Even as one extols the safety and dignity of a home, people remain shackled by the chains of subletting. Ultimately, it is the city’s fable of endless blame-shifting under the banner of assistance.