Housing: Federal Policies and Programs

Weicher, John C.

ISBN 10: 0844733784 / ISBN 13: 9780844733784

Published by American Enterprise Institute, Washington, 1982

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Housing: Federal Policies and Programs
• Publisher: American Enterprise Institute, Washington
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0844733784
• ISBN 13: 9780844733784
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: Second Printing
• Condition: Edge & Shelfworn
• Seller catalogs:
  • Social Sciences Social Theory Cultural
  • America. American History. Americana. USA
  • Politics. Political Theory. Political Science

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Synopsis

An essential and clear-eyed analysis of nearly fifty years of federal housing policy, where housing economist John C. Weicher cuts through the bewildering maze of HUD programs, subsidies, and legislation to tackle the two questions at the heart of American housing debates: how to secure decent housing for the poor and how to expand homeownership for lower- and middle-income families, offering readers a data-driven history of public housing, urban renewal, housing allowances, and mortgage subsidy programs essential to understanding today's affordability crisis.

This book focuses on the two main purposes of government housing policy: enabling the poor to live in decent housing and increasing the opportunities for homeownership for lower- and middle-income groups.