Rebuilding housing along the Mississippi Coast : : ideas for ensuring an adequate supply of affordable housing / / Mark A. Bernstein ... [et al.].
Identifies policy and implementation options that could help Mississippi communities address affordable-housing issues, considering challenges in providing such housing and strategies for dealing with those challenges.
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| Superior document: | Occasional paper ; OP-162-RC |
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| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ;
OP-162. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (92 p.) |
| Notes: | "RAND Gulf States Policy Institute." |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE- Introduction; Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath; Governor's Commission for Recovery, Reconstruction, Renewal; RAND's Role; RAND's Approach; Report Outline; CHAPTER TWO- Affordable Housing and Lessons Learned from Other Natural Disasters; What Is Affordable Housing?; Lessons About Affordable Housing from Other Natural Disasters; CHAPTER THREE- Affordable Housing in Coastal Mississippi Before and After Katrina; Overview of Indicators, Data, Measures, and Models
- Pre-Katrina Household and Housing CharacteristicsEstimate of Surge and Flood Damage Exposures of Households; Estimates of Damage Levels for Biloxi; Conclusions; CHAPTER FOUR- Options for Enhancing the Supply and Quality of Affordable Housing; Options to Inform and Oversee Long-Term Policy Solutions; Options to Increase the Supply and Affordability of Housing in the NearTerm and Long Term; Options to Encourage Safe and Healthy Affordable Housing; Options to Increase Long-Term Affordability Through Lower Life-Cycle Costs; Options to Promote Local Involvement
- CHAPTER FIVE- Summary and ConclusionsAPPENDIX- Details of the GIS Analysis; References