Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Federal aid to housing
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Housing Choice
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Federal aid to housing
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Neighborhood Choices
Author: David P. VaradyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Neighborhood Choices addresses the possibility of achieving the benefits of housing mobility offered by the Section 8 program while maximizing the degree of choice for householders
Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home
Author: Housing Our Families
Author: Cecile SmullThe Affordable City
Author: Shane PhillipsPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1642831336
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
From Los Angeles to Boston and Chicago to Miami, US cities are struggling to address the twin crises of high housing costs and household instability. Debates over the appropriate course of action have been defined by two poles: building more housing or enacting stronger tenant protections. These options are often treated as mutually exclusive, with support for one implying opposition to the other. Shane Phillips believes that effectively tackling the housing crisis requires that cities support both tenant protections and housing abundance. He offers readers more than 50 policy recommendations, beginning with a set of principles and general recommendations that should apply to all housing policy. The remaining recommendations are organized by what he calls the Three S’s of Supply, Stability, and Subsidy. Phillips makes a moral and economic case for why each is essential and recommendations for making them work together. There is no single solution to the housing crisis—it will require a comprehensive approach backed by strong, diverse coalitions. The Affordable City is an essential tool for professionals and advocates working to improve affordability and increase community resilience through local action.
Fair Housing
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discrimination in housing
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
The Wealthy Renter
Author: Alex AveryPublisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459736486
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
A National Bestseller! Why be house poor when you can rent rich? “Why rent when you can buy?” More than any other, this phrase captures the overwhelmingly unanimous promotion of home ownership to Canadians. Real estate agents, mortgage brokers, family, friends, and even the government promote ownership as a safe, attractive, and sure-fire path to personal wealth. This one-size-fits-all advice ignores the reality of Canada’s housing market. Canadians deserve better advice. Faced with expensive house prices in a near-zero interest rate world, it’s time Canadians heard the virtues of renting and seriously considered renting as an alternative to home ownership. Real estate analyst Alex Avery insists renting offers a simple, more affordable way to live, plus in Canada’s frenzied housing market, going month-to-month is dramatically lower risk. He claims the reputation of home ownership as a wealth building strategy is unfounded and shows renters how to replace bricks-and-mortar with better investment opportunities.
Housing Management Simplified
Author: Adelola DairoPublisher: Author House
ISBN: 1491889780
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
The book provides a practical understanding of what Housing Management entails. It covers the two branches of Housing which are Supported housing management and General needs housing. It helps to provide an understanding of the followings: 1. Supported housing schemes, keyworking andwhat it entails; care plan and support. 2. What is anti social behaviour, variuos tools available to tackle this behaviour as well as taking legal action. 3. Rent collection, rent arrears management, taking legal action and dealing with former tenant arrears. 4. The importance of tenant participation, estate management, estate agreement and what they entail. 5. Lettings and allocations of void properties. 6. How to deal with various tenancy matters such as assignment, succession, abandonment, mutual exchange, joint tenancies, overcrowding and ending of a tenancy. The book is useful to all who currently work in the field, as well as to those who have a desire to choose housing as their career. It is also useful to all tenants, leaseholders and freeholders.
Worst Case Housing Needs 2017 Report to Congress
Author: U.s. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN: 9781974643325
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is pleased totransmit to the U.S. Congress this 2017 report on Worst Case Housing Needs.This report-the 16th in a longstanding series-provides national data andanalysis of the critical problems facing low-income renting families. The reportdraws on data from the American Housing Survey (AHS), which is funded by HUDand conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. The AHS has been conducted every2 years since 1973 and debuted a major redesign in 2015 that included a newnational and metropolitan area longitudinal sample. The AHS is a key source ofnational data on housing markets, conditions, and dynamics.Despite continued signs of a strengthening national economy, the report findsthat severe housing problems are on the rise. In 2015, 8.30 million householdshad worst case needs, up from 7.72 million in 2013 and approaching the recordhigh of 8.48 million in 2011. These households are defined as very low-incomerenters who do not receive government housing assistance and who paid morethan one-half of their income for rent, lived in severely inadequate conditions,or both. High rents in proportion to renter incomes remain dominant amonghouseholds with worst case needs, leaving these renters with substantial, unmetneed for affordable housing.The modest reduction in worst case needs observed in 2013 was not sustainedand worst case needs continued their upward trend. Specifically, severe housingproblems have grown 41 percent since the beginning of the Great Recessionin 2007 and 66 percent since 2001. Worst case needs continue to affect allsubgroups, whether defined by race and ethnicity, household structure, or locationwithin metropolitan areas or regions.Contributing most to the increase in worst case needs between 2013 and 2015was a notable shift from homeownership to renting. The magnitude of thissustained postrecession trend, along with other demographic factors, increasedthe number of very low-income renters and thereby played a major role in growingworst case needs between 2013 and 2015. Modest gains in household incomeswere met with rising rents, shrinking the supply of affordable rental housing stockin an increasingly competitive market. Even with the supply of more expensive unitsgrowing, higher-income renters occupy a growing share-43 percent-of the mostaffordable units. Only 62 affordable units are available per 100 very low-incomerenters, and only 38 units are available per 100 extremely low-income renters.This report also uses new AHS enhancements to explore the variation in worstcase needs and the distribution of housing assistance across a greater variety ofmarket geographies. These data show that, although 43.2 percent of very lowincomerenters had worst case needs nationally, local markets reflect a substantialdegree of variation beyond the longstanding trends observed across regions andtypes of metropolitan locations
Sharing Housing
Author: Annamarie PluharPublisher:
ISBN: 9780872331433
Category : Roommates
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book maps out the path from the original thought, “Maybe I should find a housemate,” to actually living with one. Like a guidebook for tourism or hiking, this book describes the milestones and choices on the path. Pluhar shows where the traps and snags are, as well as where the well-trodden and proven paths can be found. There are stories about others who are sharing housing and the methods they have found that work for them. Like finding a job, finding a good housemate is a process with definite steps and decisions. This book maps that process, with helpful advice about what to look for, what to avoid, and when specific actions need to be taken. In conjunction with her blog, www.sharinghousing.com, Pluhar provides worksheets in the book as well as on the website for downloading. This book will hold the hand of the people seeking good housemates—the ones with whom they would wish to live in harmony and comfort.