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Affordable Housing And The Conflict Of Competing Goods: A Policy Dilemma, Michael R. Diamond
Affordable Housing And The Conflict Of Competing Goods: A Policy Dilemma, Michael R. Diamond
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
This paper, which was the keynote address at a conference on Affordable Housing and Pubic Private Partnerships at the University of Colorado Law School, is designed to point out the conflicts between various competing social “goods” in relation to the provision of affordable housing. In a world of finite resources in which competing goods cannot both be maximized at the same time, when the goods are incommensurable, how ought a society choose among them? The paper focuses on such issues as preservation of affordable housing and wealth creation; affordability and handicapped accessibility or green development. It examines various methods of …
Another Model Of Low Income Housing Tax Credit Development: Building Housing And Building Capacity, Michael R. Diamond
Another Model Of Low Income Housing Tax Credit Development: Building Housing And Building Capacity, Michael R. Diamond
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
This paper was first delivered at a conference on Affordable Housing and Pubic Private Partnerships at the University of Colorado Law School. It addresses the creation of community institutions able to acquire and wield power in the affordable housing realm. While this ability has generally been associat4ed with buildings purchased and operated by tenant groups, the paper suggests other affordable housing situations, particularly those developed under the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program, in which the accretion of power can occur. It proposes a model of tenant involvement in development and operation of affordable rental housing that can, in certain …