Housing Policy In The United States: An Introduction - Softcover

Schwartz, Alex F.

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ISBN 10: 0415950317 ISBN 13: 9780415950312

Verlag: Routledge, 2006

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Reseña del editor:

Housing Policy in the United States is an essential guidebook to, and textbook for, housing policy, it is written for students, practitioners, government officials, real estate developers, and policy analysts. It discusses the most important issues in the field, introduces key concepts and institutions, and examines the most important programs. Written as an introductory text, it explains all concepts, trends, and programs without jargon, and includes empirical data concerning program evaluations, government documents, and studies carried out by the author and other scholars.

The first chapters present the context surrounding US housing policy, including basic trends and problems, the housing finance system, and the role of the federal tax system in subsidizing homeowner and rental housing. The middle chapters focus on individual subsidy programs. The closing chapters discuss issues and programs that do not necessarily involve subsidies, including homeownership, mixed-income housing, and governmental efforts to improve access to housing by reducing discriminatory barriers in the housing and mortgage markets. The concluding chapter also offers reflections on future directions of US. housing policy.

Biografía del autor:

Alex F. Schwartz is Associate Professor at the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy at New School University and Chairman of the School's Department of Urban Policy Analysis and Management.

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• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0415950317
• ISBN 13: 9780415950312
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 316