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Response To Comments: The Informal Housing Debate Remains Open, Jonathan P. Bell
Response To Comments: The Informal Housing Debate Remains Open, Jonathan P. Bell
Jonathan P. Bell
UrbDeZine, November 12, 2014. In this follow up article on informal housing in Los Angeles, I respond to comments and take on critics who devalue housing code enforcement. I argue that unpermitted housing is inherently unsafe, and unsafe housing is not a viable housing option. I call for all sides of the informal housing debate to come together to look for solutions. URL: http://losangeles.urbdezine.com/2014/11/12/response-to-comments-the-informal-housing-debate-remains-open/
Converting Garages Into A Dissertation: A Conversation With Jacob Wegmann, Jonathan P. Bell
Converting Garages Into A Dissertation: A Conversation With Jacob Wegmann, Jonathan P. Bell
Jonathan P. Bell
UrbDeZine, June 17, 2014. In part 1 of the article, I highlight that burgeoning scholarship on "informality" in the U.S. housing market fails to address the implementation side of planning: the regulation and enforcement of unpermitted dwelling units. Part 2 includes a Q&A with PhD candidate Jacob Wegmann on his groundbreaking dissertation examining the impacts of extralegal dwelling units on the political economy and housing market in Southeast Los Angeles County. The enforcement perspective is core to Wegmann's study. URL: http://losangeles.urbdezine.com/2014/06/17/converting-garages-into-a-dissertation-a-conversation-with-jacob-wegmann/
Post-Disaster Housing Recovery: The Promise And Peril Of Social Capital, Anuradha Mukherji
Post-Disaster Housing Recovery: The Promise And Peril Of Social Capital, Anuradha Mukherji
Anuradha Mukherji
Researchers argue that social networks based on shared values, trust, and norms can facilitate collective action, and such social capital increases the ability of communities to recover after a disaster, implying that the presence of social capital ensures collective community action after a disaster and enables recovery. Drawing from comparative case studies of Bhuj and Bachhau, urban centres impacted by the 2001 Gujarat earthquake in India, this study presents a nuanced view of the role of social capital during post-disaster recovery. It argues that it is important to consider community contexts that are inherent to the amount of social capital …
The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2013: What Follows The Housing Recovery?, Barry Bluestone, Eleanor White, Noah Hodgetts, Michael Gleba, Nancy Lee, Monika Kondura, Tim Davis
The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2013: What Follows The Housing Recovery?, Barry Bluestone, Eleanor White, Noah Hodgetts, Michael Gleba, Nancy Lee, Monika Kondura, Tim Davis
Barry Bluestone
No abstract provided.
Final First Year Progress Report, Barry Bluestone, Eleanor While
Final First Year Progress Report, Barry Bluestone, Eleanor While
Barry Bluestone
No abstract provided.
Weston Housing Survey, Bonnie Heudorfer, Stein Helmrich, Barry Bluestone
Weston Housing Survey, Bonnie Heudorfer, Stein Helmrich, Barry Bluestone
Barry Bluestone
No abstract provided.
World Class Housing Collaborative Progress Report: Cumulative Through June 2002, Barry Bluestone, Eleanor White
World Class Housing Collaborative Progress Report: Cumulative Through June 2002, Barry Bluestone, Eleanor White
Barry Bluestone
No abstract provided.
Building On Our Heritage: A Housing Strategy For Smart Growth And Economic Development, Edward C. Carman, Barry Bluestone, Eleanor White
Building On Our Heritage: A Housing Strategy For Smart Growth And Economic Development, Edward C. Carman, Barry Bluestone, Eleanor White
Barry Bluestone
No abstract provided.
The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2004: An Assesment Of Progress On Housing In The Greater Boston Area, Bonnie Heudorfer, Barry Bluestone
The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2004: An Assesment Of Progress On Housing In The Greater Boston Area, Bonnie Heudorfer, Barry Bluestone
Barry Bluestone
No abstract provided.
The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2005-2006; An Assesment Of Progress On Housing In The Greater Boston Area, Bonnie Heudorfer, Barry Bluestone
The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2005-2006; An Assesment Of Progress On Housing In The Greater Boston Area, Bonnie Heudorfer, Barry Bluestone
Barry Bluestone
No abstract provided.
The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2012: A New "New Paradigm" For Housing In Greater Boston, Barry Bluestone, Chase Billingham, Eleanor White, Marvin Siflinger, Tim Davis, Tim Reardon
The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2012: A New "New Paradigm" For Housing In Greater Boston, Barry Bluestone, Chase Billingham, Eleanor White, Marvin Siflinger, Tim Davis, Tim Reardon
Barry Bluestone
No abstract provided.
The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2003: An Assessment Of Progress On Housing In The Greater Boston Area, Bonnie Heudorfer, Barry Bluestone, Stein Helmrich
The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2003: An Assessment Of Progress On Housing In The Greater Boston Area, Bonnie Heudorfer, Barry Bluestone, Stein Helmrich
Barry Bluestone
No abstract provided.
The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2001: A New Paradigm For Housing In Greater Boston, Charles C. Euchner, Barry Bluestone, Gretchen Weismann
The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2001: A New Paradigm For Housing In Greater Boston, Charles C. Euchner, Barry Bluestone, Gretchen Weismann
Barry Bluestone
No abstract provided.
Do Singaporeans Spend Too Much On Housing?, Sock Yong Phang
Do Singaporeans Spend Too Much On Housing?, Sock Yong Phang
PHANG Sock Yong
According to a 2011 IMF study, Singapore's level of government intervention in housing finance is the highest in the developed world (Slide 3). This level of intervention in housing finance has correspondingly produced the highest level of homeownership amongst advanced countries. This housing outcome is the result of our very unique HDB-CPF housing framework – an institutional framework that was established in the 1960s during the formative period of our country?s history (Slides 4 and 5). Singapore was, at that particular point in time, faced with a situation of chronic housing shortage, low homeownership rates and an underdeveloped housing mortgage …
Shelter Poverty: The Chronic Crisis Of Housing Affordability, Michael E. Stone
Shelter Poverty: The Chronic Crisis Of Housing Affordability, Michael E. Stone
Michael E. Stone
This paper examines housing affordability in the United States over the past three decades using the author’s concept of “shelter poverty.” The major findings are as follows: The number of shelter-poor households has been over 30 million since the early 1990s, an increase of more than 70 percent since 1970. Among families with children, rates of shelter poverty are much higher, and over the past several decades have risen faster, than among households with just one or two persons. Nearly half of all renter households are shelter-poor, victims of low incomes and rising rents; most low-income renters are headed by …
Decison Models For Housing And Community Development, Michael P. Johnson Jr.
Decison Models For Housing And Community Development, Michael P. Johnson Jr.
Michael P. Johnson
Unaffordable “Affordable” Housing: Challenging The U.S. Department Of Housing And Urban Development Area Median Income, Michael E. Stone
Unaffordable “Affordable” Housing: Challenging The U.S. Department Of Housing And Urban Development Area Median Income, Michael E. Stone
Michael E. Stone
There is no such thing as “affordable” housing. Affordability is not a characteristic of housing: It is a relationship between housing and people. For some people, all housing is affordable, no matter how expensive. For others, no housing is affordable, no matter how cheap.
The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2010: Taking Stock In An Uncertain Time, Barry Bluestone, Chase Billingham, Jessica Casey, Anna Gartsman
The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2010: Taking Stock In An Uncertain Time, Barry Bluestone, Chase Billingham, Jessica Casey, Anna Gartsman
Barry Bluestone
No abstract provided.
The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2011: Housing’S Role In The Ongoing Economic Crisis, Barry Bluestone, Chase Billingham
The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2011: Housing’S Role In The Ongoing Economic Crisis, Barry Bluestone, Chase Billingham
Barry Bluestone
No abstract provided.
The Effects Of The 1996 U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement On The Industrial Users Of Lumber: An Event Study, Nisha Malhotra, Sumeet Gulati
The Effects Of The 1996 U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement On The Industrial Users Of Lumber: An Event Study, Nisha Malhotra, Sumeet Gulati
Nisha Malhotra
In this article, we analyze whether the Softwood Lumber Agreement between the United States and Canada imposed significant economic costs on industries that use softwood lumber in the United States. To ascertain this impact, we use an event study. Our event study analyzes variations in the stock prices of lumber-using firms listed at the major stock markets in the United States. We find that the news of events leading to the Softwood Lumber Agreement had significant negative impacts on the stock prices of industries using softwood lumber. The average reduction of stock prices for our sample of firms was approximately …
Philadelphia Eligible Metropolitan Area Aids Housing Needs Assessment: 1997-2001, Kimberly Acquaviva, Dennis P. Culhane, Ellen Alpert, David Fair
Philadelphia Eligible Metropolitan Area Aids Housing Needs Assessment: 1997-2001, Kimberly Acquaviva, Dennis P. Culhane, Ellen Alpert, David Fair
Dennis P. Culhane
This report describes the results of a survey of people in Philadelphia with HIV/AIDS regarding their current and projected housing needs.