Title & Author:

Chasing the American dream : new perspectives on affordable homeownership / edited by William M. Rohe and Harry L. Watson.

Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.

Description:

viii, 315 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-300) and index.
Introduction : Homeownership in American culture and public policy / William M. Rohe and Harry L. Watson -- The ideological origins of affordable homeownership efforts / Lawrence J. Vale -- Homeownership for low-income households : a comparison of the Section 235, Nehemiah, and Habitat for Humanity programs / Rachel G. Bratt -- Federal policies promoting affordable homeownership : separating the accidental from the strategic / J. Michael Collins -- Is housing tenure the new neighborhood dividing line? : the polarizing politics of homeownership / Edward G. Goetz -- Affordable housing design for place making and community building / Charles C. Bohl -- The use of architectural flexibility for achieving affordability in housing / Avi Friedman -- The wealth-creating potential of homeownership : a preliminary assessment of price appreciation among low-income homebuyers / Michael A. Stegman, Roberto G. Quercia, and Walter Davis -- The financial returns to low-income homeownership / Eric S. Belsky, Nicolas Retsinas, and Mark Duda -- The social-psychological effects of affordable homeownership / William M. Rohe, Roberto G. Quercia, and Shannon Van Zandt -- Locating the American dream : assessing the neighborhood benefits of homeownership / Carolina Katz Reid -- Conclusion : Toward more efficient and equitable homeownership policies / William M. Rohe.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Table of contents only

ISBN:

9780801445538 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0801445531 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780801473616 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0801473616 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Low-income housing United States.
Home ownership United States.
Pauvres Logement États-Unis.
Accession à la propriété États-Unis.
Home ownership.
Low-income housing.
Sozialer Wohnungsbau
Wohneigentum
United States.
USA
Pauvres Logement États-Unis Accession à la propriété.

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Rohe, William M.
Watson, Harry L.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 264937
Call No.: BIB 196367
Status: Available