Building Foundations : : Housing and Federal Policy / / Denise DiPasquale, Langley C. Keyes.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• HerausgeberIn: DiPasquale, Denise,; Keyes, Langley C.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Maxwell, David O.; Rouse, James W.
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (482 p.) :; 5 illus.

National housing policy is the subject of ongoing debate, and this book brings together much of the current wisdom on the issues that lie at the center of the debate. This volume addresses a wide range of policy concerns, including: Who should receive limited federal housing resources? How and to what extent should we preserve the existing, private, subsidized, and public low income housing stock? What are the appropriate roles for the federal, state and local governments, the nonprofits and the private sector in delivering housing programs? This comprehensive study of housing policy in the U.S. is the result of the MIT Housing Policy Project (1987-89), which was directed by the editors.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Housing Policy for the 1990s -- 2. The Nation's Housing: A Review of Past Trends and Future Prospects for Housing in America -- 3. A Strategy for Designing a Fully Comprehensive National Housing Policy for the Federal Government of the United States -- 4. New Directions for Federal Housing Policy: The Role of the States -- 5. Federal Fair Housing Policy: The Great Misapprehension -- 6. First-Time Homebuyers: Issues and Policy Options -- 7. Housing and the Capital Markets -- 8. Resolving Local Regulatory Disputes and Building Consensus for Affordable Housing -- 9. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 and Real Estate -- 10. The Voucher/Production Debate -- 11. Tax Incentives and Federal Housing Programs: Proposed Principles for the 1990s -- 12. Preservation of the Existing Stock of Assisted Private Housing -- 13. The Role of Public Housing in a Revitalized National -- 14. The Role of Nonprofits in Renewed Federal Housing Efforts -- 15. Integrating Housing and Welfare Assistance -- 16. Housing and the Homeless -- 17. Housing and Supportive Services: Federal Policy for the Frail Elderly and Chronically Mentally Ill -- Contributors -- Index