Full Description
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 Mallach turns his decades of experience to these questions in this book
The author 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. The author also connects the dots among regional economic competitiveness, quality of life, community revitalization, and affordable housing.
Contents
1. The Case for Affordable Housing 2. Affordable Housing in the United States: A Short History 3. Designing Affordable Housing 4. Finding Sites and Gaining Approval for Affordable Housing 5. Making the Numbers Work: Financing Affordable Housing 6. Developing Affordable Housing, Step-by-Step 7. Concentration and Opportunity: Undoing the Exclusion of Affordable Housing 8. Affordable Housing, Community Development Corporations, and Neighborhood Revitalization 9. The Risks and Rewards of Affordable Home Ownership 10. Preserving Affordable Housing 11. Homelessness and Affordable Housing 12. Inclusionary Housing: Using the Market to Create Affordable Housing 13. Policies, Politics, and the Future of Affordable Housing in the United States
