A Decent Home: Planning, Building, and Preserving Affordable Housing, 1st Edition

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.A Decent Home: Planning, Building, and Preserving Affordable Housing 1st Edition is written by Alan Mallach and published by Routledge. ISBNs for A Decent Home are 9781351177924, 1351177923 and the print ISBNs are 9781932364590, 1932364595. Additional ISBNs include 9781932364583, 9781351179645, 9780367330057, 9781351178785, 9781351177061.