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Comparing Housing Systems: Housing Performance and Housing Policy in the United States and Britain - Hardcover

Karn, Valerie A.

 
9780198273721: Comparing Housing Systems: Housing Performance and Housing Policy in the United States and Britain
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 019827372X ISBN 13: 9780198273721
Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1992

Synopsis

Unlike other work in the field, this comparative study of housing in the United States and Britain focuses on housing performance. Professor Karn and Professor Wolman begin by identifying and comparing the most important aspects of the performance of housing systems: housing supply and quality, its cost to occupants, equity and distribution, and housing investment and production. In the second part of the book they go on to account for the difference in housing performance that their initial examination reveals. They consider a wide range of factors, including housing institutions, wealth and income and cultural predisposition. But the main part of their discussion focuses on differences in public policy in Britain and the USA and they examine in detail how these contribute to the success or otherwise of British and American housing systems. Finally the authors examine "housing policy agendas" in both countries, looking particularly at the extent to which shortcomings in housing performance are recognized as such and included in public policy planning.

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Review

"Even housing specialists are likely to benefit from reading this book....Highly readable and is recommended for any library collecting on the topic of housing policy."--Choice "Even housing specialists are likely to benefit from reading this book....Highly readable and is recommended for any library collecting on the topic of housing policy."--Choice "Even housing specialists are likely to benefit from reading this book....Highly readable and is recommended for any library collecting on the topic of housing policy."--Choice "Even housing specialists are likely to benefit from reading this book....Highly readable and is recommended for any library collecting on the topic of housing policy."--Choice

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Publisher
Clarendon Press
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
019827372X
ISBN 13 
9780198273721
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
284