Looking at dictionary definitions of affordable, it is common to find entries such as "that can be afforded," "believed to be within one's financial means" (dictionary.com), "having a cost that is not too high" (merriam-webster.com), "inexpensive; reasonably priced" (oxforddictionaries. com), or "you have enough money to buy it/the financial means for it" (vocabulary.com). However, when talking about affordable housing, the connotation changes, and it usually makes reference to housing for a particular segment of the population: "housing that is not too expensive for people of limited means" (merriam-webster.com). There is no common definition of affordable housing, and the existing ones use a variety of indicators that often combine the person or household income and the house price. Differences appear between countries too, with the UK, for instance, considering a house is affordable if to pay for it, in mortgage or rent, you do not need to dedicate more than 35% of the household net income (Bibby 2015). In Australia, on the other hand, that threshold is set at 30% (New South Wales Government n.d.). Those figures are indicative and many other variables and ways to measure and define affordable housing exist. This piece of work intends to make a contribution to clarify the existing information available to the public on this matter.