Chasing the American dream
Subtitle: new perspectives on affordable homeownership
By: edited by William M. Rohe and Harry L. Watson.
Contributors: Rohe, William M.; Watson, Harry L.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780801445538; 9780801473616
Subjects: Low-income housing -- United States.; Home ownership -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Homeownership in American culture and public policy / William M. Rohe and Harry L. Watson; title: The ideological origins of affordable homeownership efforts / Lawrence J. Vale; title: Homeownership for low-income households : a comparison of the Section 235, Nehemiah, and Habitat for Humanity programs / Rachel G. Bratt; title: Federal policies promoting affordable homeownership : separating the accidental from the strategic / J. Michael Collins; title: Is housing tenure the new neighborhood dividing line? : the polarizing politics of homeownership / Edward G. Goetz; title: Affordable housing design for place making and community building / Charles C. Bohl; title: The use of architectural flexibility for achieving affordability in housing / Avi Friedman; title: The wealth-creating potential of homeownership : a preliminary assessment of price appreciation among low-income home buyers / Michael A. Stegman, Roberto G. Quercia and Walter Davis; title: The financial returns to low-income homeownership / Eric S. Belsky, Nicolas Retsinas, and Mark Duda; title: The social-psychological effects of affordable homeownership / William M. Rohe, Roberto G. Quercia, and Shannon Van Zandt; title: Locating the American dream : assessing the neighborhood benefits of homeownership / Carolina Katz Reid; title: Toward more efficient and equitable homeownership policies / William M. Rohe.