Introducing social housing introduction to affordable rental housing affordable housing is a broad and complex subject intertwined with many disciplines finance economics politics and social services to name a few in spite of the complexity advocates can come to an understanding of the essential workings of affordable housing and in doing so be prepared to advocate effectively for the . The cmm atlas module tells the story of social housing and housing affordability for lower income renting populations in 82 municipalities as seen in figure 122 the demand for and the supply side of social affordable and different types of housing supplied by different social providers and programmes are part of this module. The provision and management of social housing for those who are unable to access the housing market is essential to the maintenance of the fabric of society the social housing industry is vast. Introducing social housing by stephen harriott unknown edition