Housing Policy: An Introduction, has been completely revised for its fourth edition. Describing and explaining policies, as well as analysing recent changes, this book provides an accessible introduction to housing policy. Num Pages: 512 pages, 94 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSB; JPQB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 862. . 2002. 4th Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Housing Policy an Introduction (Fourth Edition)
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2002
Language: English
ISBN 10: 041525213X
ISBN 13: 9780415252133
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 4th Edition
Condition: New

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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.

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Paul Balchin is Reader in Urban Economics and. Maureen Rhoden is Senior Lecturer in Housing Studies. Both are based at the University of Greenwich.

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