Rethinking federal housing policy : how to make housing plentiful and affordable
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| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 204 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-192) and index. |
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Washington, D.C. :
AEI Press,
[2008]
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| ISBN: | 9780844742731 0844742732 |
Table of Contents:
- How do we know when housing is "affordable"? Poverty and housing affordability
- Affordability across space
- How should housing affordability be measured?
- The state of American housing
- Housing consumption over time
- House prices, income, amenities
- Housing prices and construction costs
- Public intervention in U.S. housing markets-a historical perspective
- Housing regulation and externalities
- Correcting market failures
- In-kind redistribution
- Conclusion
- Current policies-price and quantity controls
- Price controls
- Quantity regulations #1: building codes
- Quantity regulations #2: land-use restrictions
- Hybrid price and quantity controls: inclusionary zoning
- Massachusetts Chapter 40B
- The Mount Laurel decision
- Conclusion
- Other interventions in housing markets-taxes and subsidies
- The tax code and homeownership
- Credit market interventions : the rise of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
- Project-based subsidy programs for the development of affordable housing : public housing and low income housing tax credit programs
- Tenant-based subsidies for the consumption of affordable housing: Section 8 vouchers
- Conclusion: towards a new national housing policy
- The growing affordability problem in markets with high land costs
- One size does not fit all
- Can the federal government induce localities to permit more construction? Reforming the home mortgage interest deduction
- Ensuring the poor can consume some minimum housing quality: vouchers
- Summary and conclusion.