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A provocative look at the true forces that shape housing markets, challenging mainstream theories of supply and demand and calling for a new way to provide shelter to our cities’ most overlooked inhabitants—the elderly, the disabled, and the poor.

Table of Contents
  • Foreword by Neal Peirce
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview
  • Chapter 2. Economic, Social, and Political Dimensions of the Rental Housing Crisis (with Richard P. Appelbaum and Michael Anthony Campbell)
  • Chapter 3. Why Rents Rise (with Zhenfeng Pan, Tom Lehman, Stephen A. Roosa, and Richard P. Appelbaum)
  • Chapter 4. Pros and Cons of Rent Control (with Lin Ye)
  • Chapter 5. Invisible Jail: Providing Housing and Transportation for the Elderly and Disabled (with Mark S. Rosentraub)
  • Chapter 6. HOPE VI: A Dream or Nightmare? (with Michael Brazley and Michael Anthony Campbell)
  • Chapter 7. Renewing and Remaking New Orleans (with Richard Layman)
  • Chapter 8. University Partnerships to Reclaim and Rebuild Communities
  • Chapter 9. Housing Opportunities for Everyone
  • Appendix: Why Cities Need Affordable Housing: A Case Study of Houston (Roger Lewis and Steven Hornburg, Housing Strategies for Houston Task Force)
  • Notes
  • References
  • About the Authors
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/01/2008
      ISBN13: 9780292717107, 978-0292717107
      ISBN10: 0292717105

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A provocative look at the true forces that shape housing markets, challenging mainstream theories of supply and demand and calling for a new way to provide shelter to our cities’ most overlooked inhabitants—the elderly, the disabled, and the poor.

      Table of Contents
      • Foreword by Neal Peirce
      • Acknowledgments
      • Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview
      • Chapter 2. Economic, Social, and Political Dimensions of the Rental Housing Crisis (with Richard P. Appelbaum and Michael Anthony Campbell)
      • Chapter 3. Why Rents Rise (with Zhenfeng Pan, Tom Lehman, Stephen A. Roosa, and Richard P. Appelbaum)
      • Chapter 4. Pros and Cons of Rent Control (with Lin Ye)
      • Chapter 5. Invisible Jail: Providing Housing and Transportation for the Elderly and Disabled (with Mark S. Rosentraub)
      • Chapter 6. HOPE VI: A Dream or Nightmare? (with Michael Brazley and Michael Anthony Campbell)
      • Chapter 7. Renewing and Remaking New Orleans (with Richard Layman)
      • Chapter 8. University Partnerships to Reclaim and Rebuild Communities
      • Chapter 9. Housing Opportunities for Everyone
      • Appendix: Why Cities Need Affordable Housing: A Case Study of Houston (Roger Lewis and Steven Hornburg, Housing Strategies for Houston Task Force)
      • Notes
      • References
      • About the Authors
      • Author Index
      • Subject Index

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