| Description |
1 online resource (311 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Unique Qualities of Housing -- Levels of Influence -- Housing Influence on the Personal Level -- Housing Influence on the Community Level -- Housing Influence on the National Level -- Unique Characteristics of Housing -- Housing Is More Than a Product -- Housing Is Heterogeneous -- Housing Is the Largest Household Purchase -- Financial and Emotional Costs of Moving Can Be High -- Housing Is Durable and Appreciates Over Time |
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Housing Is Shaped by Cultural Norms and Institutional Practices -- Conclusion -- Questions and Activities -- Notes -- References -- 2. Housing and Culture -- What Is Culture? -- America's Flawed Foundation -- Cultural Preference for Homeownership -- House and Household Size -- Dominance of the Single-Family House -- Use of the Home Space -- Culturally Based Housing Design -- Life Cycle and Housing -- Leaving Home -- Nuclear Family -- Multigenerational Households -- Conclusion -- Questions and Activities -- References -- 3. Framing Housing: Disciplinary Approaches and Ideologies |
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Disciplinary Approaches -- Economics and Housing -- Sociology and Housing -- Philosophy and Housing -- Urban Planning and Housing -- Political Ideologies -- Conservatives and Housing -- Liberals and Housing -- Radicals and Housing -- Conclusion -- Questions and Activities -- Notes -- References -- 4. History of Federal Involvement in Housing -- Part One 1900-1950s -- Early Years -- A Different Type of Crisis -- A National Commitment That Legitimizes Multiple Federal Roles -- Part Two 1960-2020s -- Urban Crisis -- Increased Local Control and a Leaning Toward Demand-Side Funding |
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New Challenges from Recurring Economic Woes -- Revisiting the First Wave of Responses -- Foreclosure Crisis -- Financialization of Housing -- COVID-19 Pandemic and Housing Stability -- Conclusion -- Questions and Activities -- Note -- References -- 5. Housing and Discrimination -- Terminology -- Part One -- History of Housing Discrimination -- Impacts of Redlining -- Alleviating the Problem -- Shelley v. Kraemer, 1948 -- The Civil Rights Act, 1968 -- Community Reinvestment Act, 1977 -- Violence and Intimidation -- Housing Discrimination in Recent Years -- Ethnic and Racial Discrimination |
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Local Policy and Housing Discrimination -- Same-Sex Couples and Single Parents -- Women -- Disabled and Elderly Persons -- The New Discrimination -- Part Two -- Segregation -- Causes -- State Actions -- Market Actions -- Race and Social Action -- Consequences of Segregation -- Source of Income Discrimination -- Disparate Impact -- Conclusion -- Questions and Activities -- Notes -- References -- 6. Housing Needs, Affordability, and Federal Responses -- Defining Housing Needs -- Adequacy of Housing -- Accessibility of Housing -- Affordability -- Critiques of the Legislated Housing Need Measure |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Application of HUD Measure: Who Has Affordability Needs? |
| Subject |
Housing -- United States
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Housing
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gross, Alina
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| ISBN |
9781000822717 |
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1000822710 |
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