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.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Alan Mallach
EAN: 9781932364590
COUNTRY: United States
PAGES: 384
WEIGHT: 1088 g
HEIGHT: 254 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Inc
DATE PUBLISHED: 2009-09-18
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GENRE: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services
WIDTH: 178 mm
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Book Themes:
United States of America, USA, Social welfare and social services, Urban and municipal planning and policy
Alan Mallach, FAICP, is a nonresident senior fellow of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution and a visiting scholar of the Community Affairs Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.