Revisiting rental housing : policies, programs, and priorities / Nicolas P. Retsinas, Eric S. Belsky, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harvard University. Joint Center for Housing Studies.

Retsinas, Nicolas Paul, 1946-

Belsky, Eric S.

Series:

James A. Johnson metro series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rental housing--United States.

Rental housing.

United States.

Housing policy--United States.

Housing policy.

Physical Description:

viii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press ; Cambridge, Mass. : Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University, [2008]

Summary:

"Reviews the contributing factors and primary problems generated by the operation of rental markets. Dissects how policies and programs have--or have not--dealt with the primary challenges, what improvements--if any--have been gained, and the lessons learned in the process. Looks to potential new directions in housing policy"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: why rental housing is the neglected child of American shelter / Anthony Downs

Overview: rental housing challenges and policy responses / Eric S. Belsky and Rachel Bogardus Drew

Where poor renters live in our cities: dynamics and determinants / Stuart S. Rosenthal

The costs of concentrated poverty: neighborhood property markets and the dynamics of decline / George C. Galster, Jackie M. Cutsinger, and Ron Malega

Spillovers and subsidized housing: the impact of subsidized rental housing on neighborhoods / Ingrid Gould Ellen

Designing subsidized rental housing programs: what have we learned? / Jill Khadduri and Charles Wilkins

Subsidized housing and employment: building evidence of what works / James A. Riccio - From hurdles to bridges: local land-use regulations and the pursuit of affordable rental housing / Rolf Pendall

Capital for small rental properties: preserving a vital housing resource / William C. Apgar and Shekar Narasimhan

Just suppose: housing subsidies for low-income renters / John M. Quigley

Rethinking U.S. rental housing policy: a new bluepring for federal, state, and local action / Bruce Katz and Margery Austin Turner.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815774112

0815774117

OCLC:

182573584