Housing Policy In The United States: An Introduction - Rilegato

Balchin, Paul; Rhoden, Maureen

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ISBN 10: 041525213X ISBN 13: 9780415252133

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2002

Riassunto

Housing Policy in the United States is an essential guidebook to, and textbook for, housing policy, it is written for students, practitioners, government officials, real estate developers, and policy analysts. It discusses the most important issues in the field, introduces key concepts and institutions, and examines the most important programs. Written as an introductory text, it explains all concepts, trends, and programs without jargon, and includes empirical data concerning program evaluations, government documents, and studies carried out by the author and other scholars.

The first chapters present the context surrounding US housing policy, including basic trends and problems, the housing finance system, and the role of the federal tax system in subsidizing homeowner and rental housing. The middle chapters focus on individual subsidy programs. The closing chapters discuss issues and programs that do not necessarily involve subsidies, including homeownership, mixed-income housing, and governmental efforts to improve access to housing by reducing discriminatory barriers in the housing and mortgage markets. The concluding chapter also offers reflections on future directions of US. housing policy.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Paul Balchin is Reader in Urban Economics and. Maureen Rhoden is Senior Lecturer in Housing Studies. Both are based at the University of Greenwich.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 041525213X
• ISBN 13: 9780415252133
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 4
• Numero di pagine: 512
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania