Revisiting Rental Housing: Policies, Programs, and Priorities by Nicolas P. Rets

Description: Revisiting Rental Housing by Nicolas P. Retsinas, Eric S. Belsky, Anthony Downs Rental housing is increasingly recognized as a vital housing option in the United States. Government policies and programs continue to grapple with problematic issues, however, including affordability, distressed urban neighborhoods, concentrated poverty, substandard housing stock, and the unmet needs of the disabled, the elderly, and the homeless. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "Rental housing is increasingly recognized as a vital housing option in the United States. Government policies and programs continue to grapple with problematic issues, however, including affordability, distressed urban neighborhoods, concentrated poverty, substandard housing stock, and the unmet needs of the disabled, the elderly, and the homeless. In R evisiting Rental Housing, leading housing researchers build upon decades of experience, research, and evaluation to inform our understanding of the nations rental housing challenges and what can be done about them. It thoughtfully addresses not only present issues affecting rental housing, but also viable solutions. The first section reviews the contributing factors and primary problems generated by the operation of rental markets. In the second section, contributors dissect 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. The final section looks to potential new directions in housing policy, including integrating best practices from past lessons into existing programs, and new innovations for large-scale, long-term market and policy solutions that get to the root of rental housing challenges. Contributors include William C. Apgar (Harvard University), Anthony Downs (Brookings), Rachel Drew (Harvard University), Ingrid Gould Ellen (New York University), George C. Galster (Wayne State University), Bruce Katz (Brookings), Jill Khadduri (Abt Associates), Shekar Narasimhan (Beekman Advisors), Rolf Pendall (Cornell University), John M. Quigley (University of California–Berkeley), James A. Riccio (MDRC), Stuart S. Rosenthal (Syracuse University), Margery Austin Turner (Urban Institute), and Charles Wilkins (Compass Group)." Author Biography Nicolas P. Retsinas is director of Harvard Universitys Joint Center for Housing Studies and a Senior Lecturer in Real Estate at the Harvard Business School. Eric S. Belsky is managing director of the Joint Center for Housing Studies and a lecturer in the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Anthony Downs is a senior fellow in the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. His specialties are housing, real estate, real estate finance, metropolitan planning, demographics, and transportation. His books include New Visions for Metropolitan America (Brookings/Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, 1994), and Still Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion (Brookings, 2004). Review "Recommended." — CHOICE|"Succeed[s] in pushing the housing policy debate beyond the project-based assistance versus tenant-based assistance question and beyond the dispersal of the poor versus the gild-the-ghetto strategies. Revisiting Rental Housing calls for planners to better tune rental housing policies to meet local challenges and local market conditions. The ideas offered will make the book of interest to practitioners and academics working in the assisted rental housing sphere." — Journal of the American Planning Association Review Quote "Succeed[s] in pushing the housing policy debate beyond the project-based assistance versus tenant-based assistance question and beyond the dispersal of the poor versus the gild-the-ghetto strategies. Revisiting Rental Housing calls for planners to better tune rental housing policies to meet local challenges and local market conditions. The ideas offered will make the book of interest to practitioners and academics working in the assisted rental housing sphere." Description for Reader Rental housing is increasinglyrecognized as a vital housing option in the United States. Government policies and programscontinue to grapple with problematic issues, however, including affordability, distressedurban neighborhoods, concentrated poverty, substandard housing stock, and the unmet needs ofthe disabled, the elderly, and the homeless. In Revisiting RentalHousing, leading housing researchers build upon decades of experience,research, and evaluation to inform our understanding of the nations rental housingchallenges and what can be done about them. It thoughtfully addresses not only presentissues affecting rental housing, but also viable solutions. The first section reviews thecontributing factors and primary problems generated by the operation of rental markets. Inthe second section, contributors dissect how policies and programs have -or have not -dealtwith the primary challenges; what improvements -if any -have been gained; and the lessonslearned in the process. The final section looks to potential new directions in housingpolicy, including integrating best practices from past lessons into existing programs, andnew innovations for large-scale, long-term market and policy solutions that get to the rootof rental housing challenges. Contributors include William C. Apgar (Harvard University),Anthony Downs (Brookings), Rachel Drew (Harvard University), Ingrid Gould Ellen (New YorkUniversity), George C. Galster (Wayne State University), Bruce Katz (Brookings), JillKhadduri (Abt Associates), Shekar Narasimhan (Beekman Advisors), Rolf Pendall (CornellUniversity), John M. Quigley (University of California-Berkeley), James A. Riccio (MDRC),Stuart S. Rosenthal (Syracuse University), Margery Austin Turner (Urban Institute), andCharles Wilkins (Compass Group). Description for Library "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. Details ISBN0815774117 Short Title REVISITING RENTAL HOUSING Language English ISBN-10 0815774117 ISBN-13 9780815774112 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 2008 Imprint Brookings Institution Subtitle Policies, Programs, and Priorities Place of Publication Washington DC Country of Publication United States Edited by Nicolas P. Retsinas DOI 10.1604/9780815774112 NZ Release Date 2008-01-23 US Release Date 2008-01-23 UK Release Date 2008-01-23 Author Anthony Downs Pages 384 Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publication Date 2008-01-23 DEWEY 333.33 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2008-03-27 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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