NYPL Header Logo

Research Catalog

Revisiting rental housing : policies, programs, and priorities

Title
Revisiting rental housing : policies, programs, and priorities / Nicolas P. Retsinas, Eric S. Belsky, editors.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2008], ©2008.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Book/TextRequest in advance HD7288.85.U6 R48 2008Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
Description
viii, 370 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
"Reviews the contributing factors and primary problems generated by the operation of rental markets. Dissects how policies and programs have--or have not--dealt with the primary challenges, what improvements--if any--have been gained, and the lessons learned in the process. Looks to potential new directions in housing policy"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
James A. Johnson metro series
Uniform Title
James A. Johnson metro series.
Subjects
Note
  • "Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Why Rental Housing Is the Neglected Child of American Shelter / Anthony Downs -- 1. Overview: Rental Housing Challenges and Policy Responses / Eric S. Belsky and Rachel Bogardus Drew -- Pt. I. What We Know: Rental Market Operations and Outcomes -- 2. Where Poor Renters Live in Our Cities: Dynamics and Determinants / Stuart S. Rosenthal -- 3. The Costs of Concentrated Poverty: Neighborhood Property Markets and the Dynamics of Decline / George C. Galster, Jackie M. Cutsinger and Ron Malega -- 4. Spillovers and Subsidized Housing: The Impact of Subsidized Rental Housing on Neighborhoods / Ingrid Gould Ellen -- Pt. II. What Happened? Current Rental Housing Policy -- 5. Designing Subsidized Rental Housing Programs: What Have We Learned? / Jill Khadduri and Charles Wilkins -- 6. Subsidized Housing and Employment: Building Evidence of What Works / James A. Riccio -- 7. From Hurdles to Bridges: Local Land-Use Regulations and the Pursuit of Affordable Rental Housing / Rolf Pendall -- Pt. III. Moving Forward: New Directions in Rental Housing Policy -- 8. Capital for Small Rental Properties: Preserving a Vital Housing Resource / William C. Apgar and Shekar Narasimhan -- 9. Just Suppose: Housing Subsidies for Low-Income Renters / John M. Quigley -- 10. Rethinking U.S. Rental Housing Policy: A New Blueprint for Federal, State, and Local Action / Bruce Katz and Margery Austin Turner.
ISBN
  • 9780815774112 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0815774117 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2007048079
OCLC
  • 182573584
  • ocn182573584
  • SCSB-9038944
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries