Revisiting rental housing : policies, programs, and priorities / Nicolas P. Retsinas, Eric S. Belsky, editors.

Publisher's description: 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 p...

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Corporate Authors: Harvard University. Joint Center for Housing Studies, Brookings Institution. Metropolitan Policy Program
Other Authors: Retsinas, Nicolas Paul, 1946-, Belsky, Eric S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Cambridge, Mass. : Brookings Institution Press ; Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University, [2008]
Series:James A. Johnson metro series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : why rental housing is the neglected child of American shelter / Anthony Downs
  • Overview : rental housing challenges and policy responses / Eric S. Belsky and Rachel Bogardus Drew
  • PART I : WHAT WE KNOW : RENTAL MARKET OPERATIONS AND OUTCOMES: Where poor renters live in our cities : dynamics and determinants / Stuart S. Rosenthal
  • The costs of concentrated poverty : neighborhood property markets and the dynamics of decline / George C. Galster, Jackie M. Cutsinger, and Ron Malega
  • Spillovers and subsidized housing : the impact of subsidized rental housing on neighborhoods / Ingrid Gould Ellen
  • PART II : WHAT HAPPENED? : CURRENT RENTAL HOUSING POLICY: Designing subsidized rental housing programs : what have we learned? / Jill Khadduri and Charles Wilkins
  • Subsidized housing and employment : building evidence of what works / James A. Riccio
  • From hurdles to bridges : local land-use regulations and the pursuit of affordable rental housing / Rolf Pendall
  • PART III : MOVING FORWARD : NEW DIRECTIONS IN RENTAL HOUSING POLICY: Capital for small rental properties : preserving a vital housing resource / William C. Apgar and Shekar Narasimhan
  • Just suppose : housing subsidies for low-income renters / John M. Quigley
  • Rethinking U.S. rental housing policy : a new blueprint for federal, state, and local action / Bruce Katz and Margery Austin Turner.