Author: Chris Nicol Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351889516 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 276
Book Description
Housing provision is a major dilemma for local authorities. There is currently a huge demand for more housing, while increasing environmental, economic and political pressures must be considered when local authorities develop their policies. This remarkable volume investigates how local authorities formulate their housing strategies. It questions whether the local authority can be seen as a single entity in terms of housing or whether it is fragmented into separate departments. Incorporating in-depth empirical research from England and Wales, the book discusses whether the process of developing housing policy and allocating land needs to be more integrated, and whether key players such as speculative house-builders should be involved in the development of policy. Analyzing which information sources influence the local authority’s land allocations and housing strategies, the volume debates whether they provide the most useful data and suggests alternative information sources that may assist in better land allocation policies.
Author: United States Conference of Mayors Publisher: ISBN: Category : Community development Languages : en Pages : 40
Book Description
This guidebook is written to assist local government officials in coping with the Community Development Block Grant program , in particular with its requirement that communities must develop a formal Housing Assistance Plan. To do so , the community has to determine its future housing needs and figure out ways to meet them--an appropriate procedure even if a community happens not to be seeking federal grants. In describing how to develop a housing strategy appropriate to all segments of the local population , the guide moves clearly, in a step-by-step way, from a discussion of the basic structure of the housing market to an analysis of goal-setting, always reminding the reader that a housing strategy can hardly be successful unless it is related to population, to jobs, and to economic development. We recommend the guide not only for its thoroughness and clarity but for its insistence on balance and informed decision-making.
Author: Ray Tomalty Publisher: CMHC ISBN: Category : Affordable housing Government policy Canada Languages : en Pages : 88
Book Description
The purpose of this guidebook is to give municipalities a detailed account of how to adopt an affordable housing strategy. The introduction reviews the types of affordable housing strategies, their benefits & strengths, and the principles on which advice in the guidebook is based. The remaining chapters cover the following steps in strategy development: preparation (including establishment of a task force, developing terms of reference, identifying available resources and potential problems & solutions), needs assessment, public participation (including consultation, communication, & information dissemination), formulation of action plans and integrating them into a strategy, implementation of the strategy, partnership development & implementation, and strategy evaluation & monitoring. Case study examples are provided throughout for illustration.
Author: Clara Greed Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317890140 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 337
Book Description
Following on from Introducing Town Planning andImplementing Town Planning, this third volume in the series examines the scope and nature of modern town planning in greater depth. It investigates the theories and preoccupations which inform the current planning agenda, compares this with earlier objectives, and discusses likely future trends. Written by a team of expert contributors under the general editorship of Clara Greed, the book begins with a review of town planning and then goes on to discuss the major themes in five parts: the economic context of town planning planning for housing planning for sustainability planning for city centres or decentralisation changing agendas and agencies Within this contextualising framework the contributors investigate many of the current, and often conflicting, urban policy issues challenging the planning profession. Over and above a commitment to traditional, physical land use matters, planning practitioners nowadays must take on board new priorities, deriving from the environmental movement, the European Union, the economic climate, changing local authority structures, and legislative frameworks. The contributors discuss these new agendas, and demonstrate how they link to inner city regeneration, city centre management, sustainability issues, and wider social policy and urban governance questions. This volume incorporates a more discursive and reflective approach to studying, and thus constitutes a valuable text for final year undergraduate and postgraduate courses in town planning, surveying, building, architecture, and housing, as well as RTPI, RICS, CIOH, CIOB, ASI, ISVA and RIBA courses. It will be of interest to a wider readership studying urban economics, urban sociology, social policy and urban geography, and to young professionals in both the public and private sector of the property world.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs Publisher: ISBN: Category : Homelessness Languages : en Pages : 674
Author: Chris Nicol
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Author: Sue Goss
Author: Patrick I. Wakely
Author: UN-Habitat
Author: United States Conference of Mayors
Author: Ray Tomalty
Author: Clara Greed
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs