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

• Superior document: James A. Johnson metro series
• Author: Harvard University. Joint Center for Housing Studies.
• TeilnehmendeR: Retsinas, Nicolas Paul, 1946-; Belsky, Eric S.; Harvard University. Joint Center for Housing Studies.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: James A. Johnson metro series.
• Physical Description: viii, 370 p. :; ill.
• Notes: "Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts."

"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.

Table of 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 : neighborhod 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.