A Decent Home

Author : Alan Mallach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781351177924

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A Decent Home by Alan Mallach Pdf

What is a decent home? Does it simply provide shelter from the elements? Is it affordable enough that you can buy the other necessities of life? Does it connect you to a community with adequate social and economic resources? Noted housing expert Alan Mallach turns his decades of experience to these questions in "A Decent Home". Mallach's nuanced analysis of housing issues critical to communities across the country will help planners evaluate the housing situation in their own communities and formulate specific plans to address a variety of housing problems. The book is both a practical step-by-step guide to developing affordable housing and a sophisticated introduction to housing policy. Chapters address design, site selection, project approval, financing, and the history of housing policy in the United States. Planners will find useful information about inclusionary and exclusionary zoning, affordable housing preservation, and the risks and rewards of affordable-home-ownership programs. Mallach also connects the dots among regional economic competitiveness, quality of life, community revitalization, and affordable housing.

Author : United States. President's Committee on Urban Housing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Building
ISBN : UCAL:B4373574

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A Decent Home by United States. President's Committee on Urban Housing Pdf

Author : United States. Social and Rehabilitation Service. Community Services Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Housing
ISBN : MINN:30000010586596

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"A Right to a Decent Home ..." by United States. Social and Rehabilitation Service. Community Services Administration Pdf

Author : United States President of the United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005960633

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A Decent Home, the Report of the President's Committee on Urban Housing by United States President of the United States Pdf

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Communities and Local Government Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0215544986

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Beyond decent homes by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Communities and Local Government Committee Pdf

The £40bn Decent Homes Programme has had a positive effect on the living conditions of most social housing tenants, this report finds, but the Government has failed to invest enough resources in the parallel programme to improve homes occupied by vulnerable people in the private sector. The Government must also clarify future funding: it is still unclear how the elimination of the remaining backlog of disrepair (around 3 per cent of social homes) will be funded; and how much will be available to maintain standards in the future. The Government must prevent another backlog of disrepair from building up after the current programme comes to an end in 2010. Carbon emissions reduction targets mean that the entire UK housing stock must be made more energy efficient. The decent homes standard has an important part to play and should be updated to enable this. The use of arm's-length management organisations (ALMOs) to manage council housing has led to improved standards and better planning, though not all councils were able to follow this model. The decent homes standard remains a low benchmark, however. The target for decency applied to private housing should be retained and strengthened by creating a National Indicator for private sector accommodation. A clear long term target should be set at a national level to bring all private sector homes (not just those occupied by vulnerable people) up to the decent homes standard.

Author : Sidney Jacobs
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000326062

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The Right to a Decent House by Sidney Jacobs Pdf

Originally published in 1976, this book highlights the problems faced by many inner-city working class communities in 1970s Britain, with particular reference to the Gairbraid housing clearance area of Maryhill, Glasgow. It examines the policy of local authority re-housing. Both the policy and practice of re-housing is carefully analysed and the efficacy of community action illustrated and discussed.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0215544862

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The Decent Homes Programme by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts Pdf

Under the Decent Homes Programme, over a million homes have been improved since 2001. The living standards of vulnerable households will have been greatly improved by the installation of, for example, 810,000 new kitchens, 610,000 new bathrooms and 1,140,000 new central heating systems. There have also been wider benefits such as more tenant involvement in housing decisions and jobs created in deprived areas. The report welcomes the improvements made and the substantial progress towards the original target of all social housing being of a decent standard by December 2010. However, despite this progress, the target will not be met: 305,000 homes will still be non-decent at that date and the last of these will not be decent until 2018-19. The DCLG needs to do more to ensure that landlords can complete this outstanding work and that properties are not allowed to fall back into disrepair. It also needs to improve its financial control over this Programme. It is still not clear how much the Department itself has actually spent on the Programme, nor whether DCLG has obtained best value from the funds given to Arms Length Management Organisations (ALMOs). The Programme will have cost local authorities and Registered Social Landlords approximately £37 billion by 2010-11. The Department lacks some basic management information on the Programme, and needs to address these deficiencies in order to evaluate the impact properly.

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Housing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2554 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Housing
ISBN : MINN:31951D03505145H

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Study and Investigation of Housing by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Housing Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Housing
ISBN : IND:30000098622263

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Challenge by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael Maines,Daniel Kolbert,Emily Mottram,Christopher Briley
Publisher : Taunton Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-24
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1641551658

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Pretty Good House by Michael Maines,Daniel Kolbert,Emily Mottram,Christopher Briley Pdf

Pretty Good House provides a framework and set of guidelines for building or renovating a high-performance home that focus on its inhabitants and the environment--but keeps in mind that few people have pockets deep enough to achieve a "perfect" solution. The essential idea is for homeowners to work within their financial and practical constraints both to meet their own needs and do as much for the planet as possible. A Pretty Good House is: * A house that's as small as possible * Simple and durable, but also well designed * Insulated and air-sealed * Above all, it is affordable, healthy, responsible, and resilient.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OSU:32435030210397

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HUD Challenge by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1092 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CHI:19634338

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Nineteenth Century by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rachel G. Bratt,Michael E. Stone,Chester W. Hartman
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1592134335

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A Right to Housing by Rachel G. Bratt,Michael E. Stone,Chester W. Hartman Pdf

An examination of America's housing crisis by the leading progressive housing activists in the country.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Domestic economy
ISBN : CORNELL:31924053765370

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The Journal of Home Economics by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter Marcuse,David Madden
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781784783563

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In Defense of Housing by Peter Marcuse,David Madden Pdf

In every major city in the world there is a housing crisis. How did this happen and what can we do about it? Everyone needs and deserves housing. But today our homes are being transformed into commodities, making the inequalities of the city ever more acute. Profit has become more important than social need. The poor are forced to pay more for worse housing. Communities are faced with the violence of displacement and gentrification. And the benefits of decent housing are only available for those who can afford it. In Defense of Housing is the definitive statement on this crisis from leading urban planner Peter Marcuse and sociologist David Madden. They look at the causes and consequences of the housing problem and detail the need for progressive alternatives. The housing crisis cannot be solved by minor policy shifts, they argue. Rather, the housing crisis has deep political and economic roots—and therefore requires a radical response.