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Public Housing and the Legacy of Segregation
For the past two decades the United States has been transforming distressed public housing communities, with three ambitious goals: replace distressed developments with healthy mixed-income communities; help residents relocate to affordable housing, often in the private market; and empower former public housing families toward economic self-sufficiency. The transformation has focused on deconcentrating poverty, but not on the underlying role of racial segregation in creating these distressed communities. In Public Housing and the Legacy of Segregation, scholars and public housing officials assess whether—and how—public housing policies can simultaneously address the problems of poverty and race.
Mount Laurel II
Mount Laurel II is a historic state supreme court decision which mandates that all new residential development include housing for low- and moderate-income families. This study provides a rational approach to low-cost housing. Methods for defining housing market areas are given, as well as demand and supply projection techniques. Housing cost reduction alternatives and allocation approaches are detailed. It elaborates step-by-step methodologies with operational baselines, data framework, and alternative approaches.The Potential of Zoning and Subdivision Controls, What Housing is Affordable - And by Whom, Fair Share Allocation Procedures.
Privatization and Its Alternatives
Emerging from a conference, Racine, Wisconsin, November 1987, 15 papers explore controversies around privatization in a number of policy areas--such as education, housing, and law-enforcement--in a number of countries, and from the perspective of several disciplines. Paper edition (unseen), for $19.75. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Voucher Promise
"A must-read for anyone interested in solutions to America’s housing crisis."—Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City An in-depth look at America’s largest rental assistance program and how it shapes the lives of residents in one low-income Baltimore neighborhood Housing vouchers are a cornerstone of US federal housing policy, offering aid to more than two million households. Vouchers are meant to provide the poor with increased choice in the private rental marketplace, enabling access to safe neighborhoods with good schools and higher-paying jobs. But do they? The Voucher Promise examines the Housing Choice Voucher Program, ...
