1st Edition
Housing Vouchers A Comparative International Analysis
By E. Jay Howenstine
Copyright 1986
211 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
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Outside the United States, the idea of a consumer housing subsidy is a highly developed concept. Housing allowances, shelter allowances, rent allowances - or rent rebates as they are called - have been paid out on a larger scale for longer periods of time on an entitlement basis, with a much greater variety of rationales than in the United States. As the United States moves ahead with its... Read more
Preface, Summary THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING 1. Historical Background 2. Strategies of Foreign Housing Allowance Systems BUILDING A PROGRAM 3. Defining Individual Housing Need: Dimensions of a Reasonable Housing Allowance System 4. Qualifying Conditions for the Housing Allowance 5. Administrative Arrangements 6. Formulas for Calculating Housing Allowances 7. Where's the Money Coming From? 8. Housing Allowances and National Housing Subsidy Policy: An Overview ASSESSMENT AND CONCLUSIONS 9. Impact of Housing Allowances 10. Consumer Subsidy Approach Versus Producer Subsidy Approach 11. Housing Allowance Versus General Income Maintenance Policy Problem 12. Conclusions
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E. Jay Howenstine
