Affordable housing.
Explores the relationship between education and jobs, technological displacement of workers, downward mobility among certain groups, labor mobility and home ownership as indicators of the health of the idea of the American Dream.
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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[Ipswich, Mass.] : Amenia, NY :
EBSCO Information Services, Incorporated ; Grey House Publishing,
[2019]
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| Series: | Reference shelf ;
volume 91, number 2. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- The Housing Crisis
- How Did We Get Here?
- 151 Years of America's Housing History
- A Brief Historical Overview of Affordable Rental Housing
- The Causes and Costs of the Worst Crisis Since the Great Depression
- The Forgotten History of the Financial Crisis
- The Deep, Uniquely American Roots of Our Affordable-Housing Crisis
- Affordable Housing Today
- A Growing Housing Shortage
- As Affordable Housing Crisis Grows, HUD Sits on the Sidelines
- Closed Wait Lists and Long Waits Await Those Seeking Affordable Housing
- U.S. Housing Market Continues Rebound, Despite Increased Inequality, Says Harvard Report
- 10 Years After Housing Crisis: A Realtor, A Renter, Starting Over, Staying Put
- Will the Housing Bubble Cause Another Financial Crisis?
- Exploring the Affordable Housing Debate
- History of Policy Approaches
- Housing in the US Is Too Expensive, Too Cheap, and Just Right: It Depends on Where you Live
- We Don't Need More Housing Projects
- The Affordable Housing Crisis
- Why Are We Relying on Tech Overlords Like Microsoft for Affordable Housing?
- Everything You Wanted to Know about the Affordable Housing Debate
- It Can Cost $750,000 to Build an Affordable Housing Unit in California: Here's Why
- President Trump Calls for Drastic Cuts to Affordable Housing
- Housing and Welfare
- Homelessness, Racial Disparity, and Long Commutes
- The Homeless Crisis Is Getting Worse in America's Richest Cities
- Segregation's Legacy
- The One Area Where Racial Disparities in Housing Have Disappeared
- High Housing Costs and Long Commutes Drive More Workers to Sleep in Cars.
- Her Six-Hour Commute Each Day Seems Crazy, but Her Affordable Rent Is Not
- Possible Solutions
- Solving the Problem
- Private-Sector Solution to Affordable Housing Gets Off the Ground
- Microsoft's $500 Million Plan to Fix Seattle's Housing Problem, Explained
- Tiny Houses: Salvation for the Homeless or a Dead End?
- Nine Rules for Better Housing Policy
- Why Don't Homeless People Just Get Jobs?
- Elizabeth Warren's New Housing Proposal Is Actually a Brilliant Plan to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
- Bibliography
- Websites
- Index.