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Acknowledgments | |
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Preface | |
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The Case for Affordable Housing | |
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The Need for Decent Housing | |
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Affordable Housing Needs and the Private Market | |
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Is Affordable Housing a Housing Problem or an Income Problem? | |
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Conclusion | |
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Affordable Housing in the United States: A Short History | |
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Beginnings | |
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The Rise and Fall of Public Housing | |
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Federal Funding, Private Ownership | |
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The Age of Devolution | |
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Affordable Housing Policy Today | |
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Designing Affordable Housing | |
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Why Design Matters | |
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Housing for Whom? | |
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Housing That Works for People | |
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Cars, People, and Open Space | |
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Safe Spaces | |
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Designing Housing That Fits In | |
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Finding Sites and Gaining Approval for Affordable Housing | |
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Criteria for Selecting Sites | |
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Good Sites Are Hard to Find | |
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Getting Projects Approved | |
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Making the Numbers Work: Financing Affordable Housing | |
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Defining Affordability | |
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Filling the Gap | |
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Capital Grants and Tax Credit Equity | |
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Putting the Pieces Together: Subsidy Layering and the Development Pro Forma | |
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Developing Affordable Housing, Step-by-Step | |
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Thinking the Project Through | |
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Forming the Development Team-Finding a Site | |
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The Predevelopment Process | |
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Construction, Marketing, and Rent-up | |
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Concentration and Opportunity: Undoing the Exclusion of Affordable Housing | |
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The Practice of Suburban Exclusion | |
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Challenging Exclusion in the Courts | |
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State Planning Laws and Affordable Housing Mandates | |
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Conclusion | |
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Affordable Housing, Community Development Corporations, and Neighborhood Revitalization | |
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Affordable Housing and Poverty Concentration | |
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The Role of Community Development Corporations | |
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Toward Communities of Choice | |
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Balancing Affordable Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization | |
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The Risks and Rewards of Affordable Home Ownership | |
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Home Ownership-The American Dream | |
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The Costs and Benefits of Home Ownership | |
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Public and Nonprofit Strategies to Foster Lower Income Home Ownership | |
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Low-income Home Ownership and the Subprime Meltdown | |
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Preserving Affordable Housing | |
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Preservation: A Critical Issue | |
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The Problem of Expiring Use Restrictions | |
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Preserving Affordable Home Ownership | |
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Preserving Affordability in the Private Market | |
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Homelessness and Affordable Housing | |
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Who Are the Homeless? | |
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Why Are So Many People Homeless? | |
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Changing Approaches to Housing the Homeless | |
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Affordable Housing and Housing Fifst | |
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Inclusionary Housing: Using the Market to Create Affordable Housing | |
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What Is Inclusionary Housing? | |
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The Legal Status of Inclusionary Housing | |
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Economics of Inclusionary Housing | |
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Making Inclusionary Housing Work | |
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Policies, Politics, and the Future of Affordable Housing in the United States | |
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Drivers of Housing Policy Change | |
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Shaping Future Affordable Housing Policy | |
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Appendix: Resources for Further Information | |
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Index | |