Revisiting rental housing
Subtitle: policies, programs, and priorities
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Eric S. Belsky, editors.
Contributors: Retsinas, Nicolas Paul, 1946-; Belsky, Eric S.; Harvard University. Joint Center for Housing Studies.
Series: James A. Johnson metro series
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780815774112
Subjects: Rental housing -- United States; Housing policy -- United States
Description: "Reviews the contributing factors and primary problems generated by the operation of rental markets. Dissects how policies and programs have--or have not--dealt with the primary challenges, what improvements--if any--have been gained, and the lessons learned in the process. Looks to potential new directions in housing policy"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: "Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : why rental housing is the neglected child of American shelter / Anthony Downs; title: Overview : rental housing challenges and policy responses / Eric S. Belsky and Rachel Bogardus Drew; title: Where poor renters live in our cities : dynamics and determinants / Stuart S. Rosenthal; title: The costs of concentrated poverty : neighborhod property markets and the dynamics of decline / George C. Galster, Jackie M. Cutsinger, and Ron Malega; title: Spillovers and subsidized housing : the impact of subsidized rental housing on neighborhoods / Ingrid Gould Ellen; title: Designing subsidized rental housing programs : what have we learned? / Jill Khadduri and Charles Wilkins; title: Subsidized housing and employment : building evidence of what works  / James A. Riccio - From hurdles to bridges : local land-use regulations and the pursuit of affordable rental housing / Rolf Pendall; title: Capital for small rental properties : preserving a vital housing resource / William C. Apgar and Shekar Narasimhan; title: Just suppose : housing subsidies for low-income renters / John M. Quigley; title: Rethinking U.S. rental housing policy : a new bluepring for federal, state, and local action / Bruce Katz and Margery Austin Turner.