The ability to provide safe, habitable, comfortable housing for very low income residents within the target budget of 10,000presentsuniquedesignandconstructionchallenges.However,anumberofpreliminaryconclusionshavebeeninferredasbeingimportantconceptsrelativetothestudyofaffordablehousing.Thetermaffordablehousingcanhavemanymeaningsandresearchisneededtodefinethisexplicitly.Asitismostoftenused,affordablehousingreferstoaneconomicrelationshipbetweenthepriceofhousing,householdincomeandcurrentinterestratesavailablefromalendinginstitution.Thereisnodirectrelationshipbetweenarchitecturalstyle,constructiontechnologyoruserneedsandtheconceptofaffordability.Foranyhometobeaffordable,thehomeownermustbalancethecombinationofhousingneedsanddesireswithinthelimitsofanactualbudget.Therearemanymisconceptionsthataffordablehousingmustbedefinedashousingforthosewhocannotaffordthefreeâmarketprice.Theconceptofaffordablehousingmustalsoincludeacomponentthatrecognizesthequalityofthehousingasanimportantelementofthedesignandconstruction.Inaddition,responsestolocalclimateimpactsarenecessaryandarealwayspartofaregionalexpressionofarchitecturaldesign.Byusingcarefulplanninganddesignitmaybepossibletoconstructalimiteddwellingunittodayforasumofapproximately10,000. Since the organization of the construction process must involve the owner/occupants as well as other volunteers, the project must not only be well conceived, but well developed and coordinated