Housing America
Subtitle: building out of crisis
By: Randall G. Holcombe and Benjamin Powell, editors.
Contributors: Holcombe, Randall G.; Powell, Benjamin, 1978-
Publisher: Transaction Publishers; Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9781412810203
Subjects: Housing -- United States -- Planning; Housing policy -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : is there a housing crisis?; title: Urban planning, housing affordability, and land use; title: The benefits of nonzoning; title: Building codes, housing prices,and the poor; title: Smart growth and housing; title: Inclusionary zoning; title: A brief survey of rent control in America : past mistakes and future directions; title: The economics of government housing assistance for the poor; title: Eminent domain; title: Arresting development : impact fees in theory and practice; title: The economics of housing bubbles; title: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and housing : good intentions gone awry; title: Anatomy of a train wreck : causes of the mortgage meltdown; title: Urban planning : the government or the market; title: Private neighborhood governance : trends and new options in collective housing ownership.