Irish social enterprise Common Knowledge has teamed up with hemp producer Margent Farm to design a low-carbon micro home that it claims can support people affected by the housing crisis. More about Hemp-clad Tigín Tiny Homes offer a way to "escape the rent trap" says social enterprise
Decades of harmful policymaking mean America exclusively associates public housing with squalor, but an influx of subsidized homes would make the suburbs infinitely better, writes Dana Cuff. More about "Are we ready to see public housing's beauty and suburbia's impoverishment?"
Architects should see themselves as the representatives of the community in the building process and not simply as an agent of developers, argues low-cost housing specialist Victor Body-Lawson in this interview. More about "The best tool for empowering people is through affordable housing" says architect Victor Body-Lawson
Canadian studio D'Arcy Jones Architects has completed a family-focused, residential development in British Columbia that consists of staggered rowhouses clad in textured stucco. More about D'Arcy Jones creates sculptural residential complex for changing Victoria neighbourhood
Architecture firm Perkins & Will has released designs for a three-building, low-income housing complex in Los Angeles that includes permanent supportive housing. More about Perkins & Will uses wind direction to shape LA low-income housing complex
Architect Marc Thorpe has unveiled renderings of a set of houses in Uganda that will be constructed almost entirely from bio-bricks made from local soil and feature solar-panelled roofs. More about Marc Thorpe designs Kampala houses made from local soil bricks
Smart systems and salvaged materials feature in an accessory dwelling unit by architecture firm Tres Birds that city officials have designated as low-cost housing. More about Tres Birds uses timber and metal to create ADU alongside Boulder home
Architecture firm Productora has completed a small housing complex in Denver, Colorado, that provides eight units with shared amenities on a lot that would typically accommodate only two single-family homes. More about Blue co-housing complex by Productora fits eight units onto two Denver lots
This one-minute video shows how a local construction company is using waste coffee husks to build affordable and eco-friendly housing for communities in Colombia. More about Colombian construction company creates affordable homes using coffee waste
Chilean studio Max-A combined local materials with modular construction to keep costs down on the Casa Tobita holiday home. More about Max-A builds low-cost modular cabin overlooking Lake Ranco in Chile
New York firm SO-IL has completed this low rise yet high-density affordable housing development in León, Mexico, with apartments arranged around courtyards. More about SO-IL builds Las Americas affordable housing development in Mexico
Mexican industrial design studio Jorge Diego Etienne has created a collection of "unpretentious" furniture for Techo – a non-profit that builds prefabricated housing for people living in slums across Latin America. More about Building material offcuts from affordable housing project used to create Tempo furniture collection
Architecture studio Generate has developed the Tallhouse library of timber-based building systems to help architects build affordable housing and reduce construction-related carbon emissions by up to 50 per cent. More about Generate creates digital library of timber building systems to "revolutionise the construction industry"
Architect Julien de Smedt is working with Norwegian startup Othalo to create a range of modular houses that will be constructed largely from recycled plastic. More about Julien de Smedt designs range of recycled-plastic houses
In this week's comments update, readers are critiquing Kanye West's latest prototype for his low-cost housing for the homeless and sharing their views on other top stories. More about Commenters think Kanye West's low-cost housing "doesn't look affordable"
American musician, producer and designer Kanye West has revealed a photo showing that the latest prototype for his low-cost housing for the homeless is under construction. More about Kanye West reveals updated prototype of YZY shelters
University of Hawaii architecture graduate Joey Valenti has designed prefabricated and low-cost housing units made entirely from invasive albizia trees on the island of Oahu. More about Architecture grad makes affordable prefab homes from Hawaii's invasive trees
American firm LOHA has unveiled plans for an affordable housing complex in Los Angeles, comprising stacks of shipping containers arranged on a triangular site near a busy highway interchange. More about LOHA designs affordable housing complex for difficult site in Los Angeles
California firms Brooks + Scarpa and Plant Prefab have unveiled a low-cost housing concept for fallow urban sites, which comprise prefabricated, modular units that can be arranged in various configurations. More about Nest "toolkit" can be used to build homeless shelters and supportive housing
A spectrum of vivid hues were incorporated throughout a mixed-use building in Chicago by John Ronan Architects that contains a public library at ground level and low-cost senior housing up above. More about John Ronan creates affordable housing in Chicago with colourful balconies and a library