A right to housing : foundation for a new social agenda / / edited by Rachel G. Bratt, Michael E. Stone, and Chester Hartman.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Bratt, Rachel G., 1946-; Stone, Michael E., 1942-; Hartman, Chester W.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: vi, 440 p. :; ill.
• Other title: Why a right to housing is needed and makes sense: editors' introduction --; The economic environment of housing: income inequality and insecurity /; Housing affordability: one-third of a nation shelter-poor /; Segregation and discrimination in housing /; Pernicious problems of housing finance /; Federal housing subsidies: who benefits and why? /; The permanent housing crisis: the failures of conservatism and the limitations of liberalism /; Federally-assisted housing in conflict: privatization or preservation? /; Privatizing rural rental housing /; The case for a right to housing /; The role of the courts and a right to housing /; Housing organizing for the long haul: building on experience /; Social ownership /; Social financing /; The elderly and a right to housing /; Opening doors: what a right to housing means for women /; Responses to homelessness: past policies, future directions, and a right to housing /; Community development corporations: challenges in supporting a right to housing /; Old and new challenges facing rural housing nonprofits /; Between devolution and the deep blue sea: what's a city or state to do? /; Housing and economic security /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1592134319 (cloth : alk. paper); 1592134327 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Rachel G. Bratt, Michael E. Stone, and Chester Hartman.