| Housing Urban America Updated Edition Contributor(s): Howenstine, E. Jay (Author) |
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ISBN: 0202320111 ISBN-13: 9780202320113 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.38 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1980 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy |
| Dewey: 363.509 |
| LCCN: 80012108 |
| Physical Information: 1.38" H x 7" W x 10" (2.59 lbs) 688 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Life, liberty, and the pursuit of housing: an increasingly difficult quest in the contemporary urban United States, where crime, urban blight, and continuing capital decay undercut the advantages of city living. The American dream has moved to the suburbs; the nightmare of our cities prompts new recognition both in the president's cabinet and the college curriculum.The editors of this book have updated their acclaimed earlier collection, providing new introductory articles; new papers, such as, Discrimination in Housing Prices and Mortgage Lending, ASummary Report of Current Findings from the Experimental Housing Allowance Program, Alternative Mortgage Designs and Their Effectiveness in Eliminating Demand and Supply Effects on Inflation; and a new bibliography of the literature.Additional chapters focus on differing strategies for improved urban housing and renewal by providing concrete suggestions for distributing existing resources and allocating new funding. The bibliography provides the best single guide to the current literature on housing. Housing Urban America, in this new edition, is an important guide to those students and scholars fascinated by the essential questions of adequate housing: its social costs, and the source of the revenues to provide it. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hartman, Chester W.: - Chester W. Hartman is director of research at the Poverty & Race Research Action Council, and is the founder and former chair of the Planners Network. He serves/has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Urban Affairs, Housing Policy Debate, and the Journal of Negro Education. His books include There Is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster, Mandate for Change, and The Integration Debate. |