Housing America - Building Out of a Crisis

Informationen zum Autor Randall G. Holcombe Klappentext Housing policy not only aff ects all Americans' quality of life, but has a direct impact on their fi nancial well being Zusammenfassung Housing policy not only aff ects all Americans' quality of life, but has a direct impact on their fi nancial well being Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface, 1. Introduction: Is There a Housing Crisis?, 2. Urban Planning, Housing Affordability, and Land Use, 3. The Benefits of Nonzoning, 4. Building Codes, Housing Prices, and the Poor, 5. Smart Growth and Housing, 6. Inclusionary Zoning, 7. A Brief Survey of Rent Control in America: Past Mistakes and Future Directions, 8. The Economics of Government Housing Assistance for the Poor, 9. Eminent Domain, 10. Arresting Development: Impact Fees in Theory and Practice, 11. The Economics of Housing Bubbles, 12. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Housing: Good Intentions Gone Awry, 13. Anatomy of a Train Wreck: Causes of the Mortgage Meltdown, 14. Urban Planning: The Government or the Market, 15. Private Neighborhood Governance: Trends and New Options in Collective Housing Ownership, About the Editors and Contributors, Index

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• Authors: Powell Benjamin, Randall G. Holcombe, Randall G. Powell Holcombe, Benjamin (EDT)/ Holcombe Powell
• Assisted by: Randall Holcombe (Editor), Randall G. Holcombe (Editor), Holcombe Randall G. (Editor), Benjamin Powell (Editor), Benjamin W. Powell (Editor)
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2009
• EAN: 9781412810203
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-1020-3
• No. of pages: 366
• Series: Independent Studies in Political Economy; Independent Studies in Political Economy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; USA, LAW / Housing & Urban Development, United States of America, USA, Housing law