A Decent Home Planning, Building, and Preserving Affordable Housing

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Synopsis

What is a decent home? Does it simply provide shelter from the elements? Is it affordable enough that you can buy the other necessities of life? Does it connect you to a community with adequate social and economic resources? Noted housing expert Alan Mallach turns his decades of experience to these questions in "A Decent Home".
Mallach's nuanced analysis of housing issues critical to communities across the country will help planners evaluate the housing situation in their own communities and formulate specific plans to address a variety of housing problems. The book is both a practical step-by-step guide to developing affordable housing and a sophisticated introduction to housing policy. Chapters address design, site selection, project approval, financing, and the history of housing policy in the United States. Planners will find useful information about inclusionary and exclusionary zoning, affordable housing preservation, and the risks and rewards of affordable-home-ownership programs. Mallach also connects the dots among regional economic competitiveness, quality of life, community revitalization, and affordable housing.

Book details

Author:
Alan Mallach
ISBN:
9781351178785
Related ISBNs:
9781351179645, 9781932364583, 9781932364590, 9781351179645, 9781932364583, 9780367330057, 9781932364590
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
384
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-12-07
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2009
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Art and Architecture, Nonfiction, Politics and Government