Author: President's Council on Sustainable Development. Sustainable Communities Task ForcePublisher:
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Category : Community development
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Sustainable Communities Task Force Report
Author: President's Council on Sustainable Development. Sustainable Communities Task ForcePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Community development
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Banking, Currency, and Housing
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Currency, and HousingPublisher:
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Category : Banking law
Languages : en
Pages : 1368
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Public Works
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public WorksPublisher:
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Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 1728
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Remaking the American Dream
Author: Vinit MukhijaPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262544768
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
The redefinition of the single-family house, the urban landscape, and the American Dream. Sitting squarely at the center of the American Dream, the detached single-family home has long been the basic building block of most US cities. In Remaking the American Dream, Vinit Mukhija considers how this is changing, in both the American psyche and the urban landscape. In defiance of long-held norms and standards, single-family housing is slowly but significantly transforming through incremental additions of second and third units. Drawing on empirical evidence of informal and formal changes, Remaking the American Dream documents homeowners’ quiet unpermitted modifications, conversions, and workarounds, as well as gradual institutional alterations to once-rigid local land-use regulations. Mukhija’s primary case study is Los Angeles and the role played by the State of California—findings he contrasts with the experience of other cities including Santa Cruz, Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, and Vancouver. In each instance, he shows how, and asks why, homeowners are adapting their homes and governments are changing the rules that regulate single-family housing to allow for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) or second units. Key to Mukhija’s research is the question of why the idea of single-family living is changing and what this means for the future of US cities. The answer, this book suggests, heralds nothing less than a redefinition of American urbanism—and the American Dream.
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Joint Economic Committee
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Economic CommitteePublisher:
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Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 1524
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