Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to clarify the influence of affordable housing incentives on architectural planning through eight case studies of mixed-income housing projects by for-profit developers in the City of Los Angeles and to consider the benefits and issues in methods of increasing affordable units by mixed-income housing by for-profit developers in Japan. Affordable housing incentives in the City of Los Angeles gave density bonuses to mixed-income housing and influenced building stories, typical floor plan, and party wall. As a result, a good living environment by low and mid-rise apartments and the opportunities to select many variations of unit plan by efficiency of typical floor plan were created. Therefore, a gradual increase of affordable units with the good living environment is also expected by mixed-income housing by for-profit developers in Japan. On the other hand, the necessity of affordable housing incentives by density bonuses in Japan should be considered in terms of participation of for-profit developers and conservation of the living environment.
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