Safe, affordable housing enables people with low-incomes to climb up the income ladder and achieve the American Dream.
Affordable housing frees up more family income for other necessities, such as nutritious food, transportation, health care, child care, and savings.
“Where a person lives has a significant effect on their ability to achieve holistic upward mobility from poverty. High-quality housing that is affordable, stable, supports asset building, and is in neighborhoods of opportunity can promote upward mobility; housing that lacks these qualities can inhibit upward mobility.” Quoted from Urban Institute, 2024
