Housing the urban poor : a critical evaluation of federal housing policy / Arthur P. Solomon

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, c1974Description: xv, 229 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 262191202
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD 7293 .S65 1974
Contents:
Preface -- Chapter 1. Poverty, housing and public policy -- Chapter 2. The choice of a housing policy -- Chapter 3. Improving housing conditions -- Chapter 4. Distributing the housing benefits -- Chapter 5. Estimating the municipal fiscal effect -- Chapter 6. Subsidized housing, jobs, and employment benefits -- Chapter 7. The costs of a subsidized housing -- Chapter 8. Evaluating social and environmental effects -- Chapter 9. Redirecting national housing policy -- Appendix -- Index.
Summary: This book documents the overriding need to redirect national housing policy if we are to improve the living conditions of the poor, restore the confidence of private investors and lenders in aging neighborhoods, and eliminate, or at least reduce, the serious dichotomy between suburb and central city.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture General Circulation Architecture GC HD 7293 .S65 1974 c.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000017029
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Preface -- Chapter 1. Poverty, housing and public policy -- Chapter 2. The choice of a housing policy -- Chapter 3. Improving housing conditions -- Chapter 4. Distributing the housing benefits -- Chapter 5. Estimating the municipal fiscal effect -- Chapter 6. Subsidized housing, jobs, and employment benefits -- Chapter 7. The costs of a subsidized housing -- Chapter 8. Evaluating social and environmental effects -- Chapter 9. Redirecting national housing policy -- Appendix -- Index.

This book documents the overriding need to redirect national housing policy if we are to improve the living conditions of the poor, restore the confidence of private investors and lenders in aging neighborhoods, and eliminate, or at least reduce, the serious dichotomy between suburb and central city.

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