Fixer-Upper - How to Repair Americas Broken Housing Systems

Fixer-Upper is the first book assessing how the broad set of local, state, and national housing policies affect people and communities. It does more than describe how yesterday's policies led to today's problems. It proposes practical policy changes than can make stable, decent-quality housing more available and affordable for all Americans in all communities.

List of contents

1 Housing Sits at the Intersection of Several Complex Systems     
2 Build More Homes Where People Want to Live     
3 Stop Building Homes in the Wrong Places     
4 Give Poor People Money     
5 Homeownership Should Be Only One Component of Household Wealth     
6 High-Quality Community Infrastructure Is Expensive, But It Benefits Everyone     
7 Overcoming the Limits of Localism     
8 Build Political Coalitions around Better Policies

About the author

Jenny Schuetz is a Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro. Her research focuses on urban economics and housing policy, particularly how government policies impact housing affordability and economic opportunity.

Product details

• Authors: Jenny Schuetz
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9780815739289
• ISBN: 978-0-8157-3928-9
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Society & culture: general, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, Urban & municipal planning, Political Economy, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies