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From Despair to Hope: Hope VI and the New Promise of Public Housing in America's Cities
Documents the evolution of HOPE VI, exploring what it accomplished replacing severely distressed public housing with mixed-income communities and where it fell short. Reveals how a program conceived to address a specific problem triggered a revolution in public housing and solidified principles that still guide urban policy today.
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A Right to Housing
In the 1949 Housing Act, Congress declared \"a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family\" our national housing goal. Today, little more than half a century later, upwards of 100 million people in the United States live in housing that is physically inadequate, unsafe, overcrowded, or unaffordable.The contributors toA Right to Housingconsider the key issues related to America's housing crisis, including income inequality and insecurity, segregation and discrimination, the rights of the elderly, as well as legislative and judicial responses to homelessness. The book offers a detailed examination of how access to adequate housing is directly related to economic security.With essays by leading activists and scholars, this book presents a powerful and compelling analysis of the persistent inability of the U.S. to meet many of its citizens' housing needs, and a comprehensive proposal for progressive change.
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The future of housing finance : restructuring the U.S. residential mortgage market
\"Evaluates the options open to policymakers as they reassess the federal government's role in the U.S. residential mortgage market and consider a new system that reduces risk in mortgage lending, maintains a limited government role, and gradually removes the government-sponsored enterprises (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) from the mortgage market\"--Provided by publisher.
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The political economy of housing financialization
Greg Fuller explores the importance and growing role of mortgage markets in the macroeconomy and provides a comparative analysis of housing finance across a number of European national economies, including the UK, as well as the United States.
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Guaranteed to fail
The financial collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2008 led to one of the most sweeping government interventions in private financial markets in history. The bailout has already cost American taxpayers close to
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Financing Affordable Housing in Yangon
Myanmar's housing sector is struggling to cope with rapid urbanization, internal migration, and new demand from recent economic growth. These challenges are most apparent in the Yangon Region, where estimates suggest there will be a housing shortage of 1.3 million units by 2030. This publication assesses the current housing market situation in Yangon. It identifies reform options and offers practical recommendations to support the Yangon Region Government's implementation of its affordable housing agenda and related policies.
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