Housing the Poor : Federal Programs for Low-Income Families.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families.

Homelessness.

Subsidies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (62 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2000.

System Details:

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text file

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Summary:

Presents overview of housing problems currently facing low-income families and individuals, and addresses trends that may accentuate or mitigate these problems. Describes and assesses results of main Federal housing assistance programs for low-income households and special populations including the elderly, the disabled, and the homeless. Addresses historical roots of public housing, rent certificates and vouchers, and examines how changing circumstances or perspectives led to shift from project-based subsidies to tenant-based assistance, and from assisting the most vulnerable to rewarding more self-sufficient families.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Housing the Poor

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