Evidence and innovation in housing law and policy / edited by Lee Anne Fennell, Benjamin J. Keys.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fennell, Lee Anne, editor.

Keys, Benjamin J., editor.

Series:

Social Sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing--Law and legislation.

Housing.

Housing policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 342 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No area of law and policy is more central to our well-being than housing, yet research on the topic is too often produced in disciplinary or methodological silos that fail to connect to policy on the ground. This pathbreaking book, which features leading scholars from a range of academic fields, cuts across disciplines to forge new connections in the discourse. In accessible prose filled with cutting-edge ideas, these scholars address topics ranging from the recent financial crisis to discrimination and gentrification and show how housing law and policy impacts household wealth, financial markets, urban landscapes, and local communities. Together, they harness evidence and theory to capture the 'state of play' in housing, generating insights that will be relevant to academics and policymakers alike. This title is also available as Open Access.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I Housing and the Metropolis: Law and Policy Perspectives

1 The Rise of the Homevoters: How the Growth Machine Was Subverted by OPEC and Earth Day

2 How Land Use Law Impedes Transportation Innovation

3 The Unassailable Case against Affordable Housing Mandates

Part II Housing as Community: Stability, Change, and Perceptions

4 Balancing the Costs and Benefits of Historic Preservation

5 Historic Preservation and Its Even Less Authentic Alternative

6 Losing My Religion: Church Condo Conversions and Neighborhood Change

7 How Housing Dynamics Shape Neighborhood Perceptions

Part III Housing as Wealth Building: Consumers and Housing Finance

8 Behavioral Leasing: Renter Equity as an Intermediate Housing Form

9 Housing, Mortgages, and Retirement

10 The Rise and (Potential) Fall of Disparate Impact Lending Litigation

Part IV Housing and the Financial System: Risks and Returns

11 Household Debt and Defaults from 2000 to 2010: The Credit Supply View

12 Representations and Warranties: Why They Did Not Stop the Crisis

13 When the Invisible Hand Isn't a Firm Hand: Disciplining Markets That Won't Discipline Themselves.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Sep 2017).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781316732694

131673269X

9781316730768

131673076X

9781316691335

1316691330

OCLC:

1004609832