Rental housing: outlook for the low-income
Article Abstract:
Current economic, demographic, and public policy factors will affect housing activity in the 1980s much differently than the same conditions affected housing in the 1970s, with projections by academia and the government forecasting a shortage of affordable rental housing for low-income families. In order for such housing to be available, several changes must occur, including a continuation of the favorable tax treatment for rental housing, aggressive rental housing rehabilitation programs, a return to the higher levels of federal government subsidies for housing construction, a reform of welfare shelter allowances related to quality standards, and more aggressive use of zoning and land development at the local level. The outlook for rental housing for low-income families is discussed.
Publication Name: Journal of Housing
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0272-7374
Year: 1985
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Assisting the homeless: policies and resources
Article Abstract:
A variety of public and private sector programs designed to help homeless people are described. At the federal government level, funds from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have been used to create the Emergency Housing Apartment Program. Local efforts in this area include rental subsidies, funding for building acquisitions, and preventive measures such as blocking the demolition of low income housing. To date, efforts to help the homeless have been hampered by a lack of sufficient funding and a lack of coordinated activity among the groups working on the problem.
Publication Name: Journal of Housing
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0272-7374
Year: 1986
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Reagan's '88 budget: dismantling HUD
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Congressional budget priorities for funding domestic programs such as the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) differ from the Reagan Administration's, and both are constrained by a large federal debt. The most optimistic view of funding for HUD in FY 1988 would be to maintain FY 1987 levels. HUD funding level cuts and regulatory reforms of the past six years threaten departmental viability, and HUD's funding ranking among federal departments fell from fourth in FY 1981 to eighth in FY 1988.
Publication Name: Journal of Housing
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0272-7374
Year: 1987
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