The Dynamics of America's Housing

Sternlieb, George

ISBN 10: 0882851225 / ISBN 13: 9780882851228

Published by Routledge, 1987

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Dynamics of America's Housing
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0882851225
• ISBN 13: 9780882851228
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This is the long-awaited update of the authors' classic America's Housing: Prospects and Problems. The first version has long been the most authoritative effort in the field. Now this brief, efficient, one-volume work contains all the most up-to-date data available to chart housing progress and need. Forecasts on future demo­graphics, production trends, and changes in markets are clearly presented for the use of students and practitioners. More than 100 tables help summarize the current reality in a convenient, simple format. The major chapter topics indicate the comprehensiveness of the coverage:The Demographic Framework;Housing Demand: The Population Baseline;The HouseholdRevolution;The Maturing Society and Market Seg­mentation;Future Households: Scale and Shape;Income: Accelerator and Brake;Housing Supply: The Potent Baseline;Housing Production Cycles;Regional Shifts Revisited;Housing Cost Structures;New Mortgage Realities;Components of Inventory Change;Scale, Condition, and Amenity;Demand-Supply Interrelationships;Housing to Come

About the Authors

James W. Hughes is dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. He is author or co-author of thirty-three books, monographs, and articles, generally focusing on housing, demographics, and economic development patterns. In addition, he has given numerous policy briefings both in Washington, DC and Trenton, NJ on demographics, housing, and the economy.

George Sternlieb is the founder and former director of the Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University. He is a member of the Census Advisory Committee on Population Statistics, a trustee of the Urban Land Institute, and has served on a number of presidential task forces on urban development.