Housing in the Twenty-First Century - Achieving Common Ground

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-674-01093-2
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 134, 528 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 864 g

Reihe: Wertheim Publications in Industrial Relations

The Housing Act of 1949 called for a "decent home and suitable living environment" for every American. The progress toward this goal over the last fifty years is generally a story of success. Kent Colton documents the remarkable progress in the areas of housing production, homeownership, and rental housing, the transformation of the nation's housing finance system, the role of government, and the place of housing in the economy. However, significant challenges remain and new issues have arisen. This work looks to the future using case studies developed during the author's fifteen-year tenure as head of the National Association of Home Builders and includes discussions of real-world problems and the people involved. Highlighting the process of developing and implementing housing policy given the great challenges of working with many diverse interests, the author outlines a housing policy framework based on a set of principles for achieving common ground.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Colton, Kent W.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Colton, Kent W.
Kent W. Colton is Senior Scholar in Housing Studies and Jacob Wertheim Research Fellow for the Betterment of Industrial Relations, Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.