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1. Do Inclusionary Housing Policies Promote Housing Affordability?

   Evidence from the Palmer Decision in California
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Dezembro 2015
   Ann Hollingshead

   Many cities have responded to rising affordability challenges with inclusionary housing policies, where a municipality requires or incentivizes a developer building a new development to contribute...

2. Foreclosures and Neighborhoods

   The Shape and Impacts of the U.S. Mortgage Crisis
   Artigos de Conferências
   Novembro 2015
   Dan Immergluck

   This paper explores the root cause of municipal fiscal stress and documents the effects of foreclosures in the United States. The author, Dan Immergluck, examines the household- and neighborhood-...

3. An Evaluation of China’s Land Policy and Urban Housing Markets

   Artigos de Conferências
   Novembro 2015
   Joyce Y. Man

   In this paper, Joyce Y. Man examines the evolution of Chinese housing policies and the growth of the Chinese housing market since the reforms of 1998, when the Chinese government ended its...

4. Housing Policies and Urban Development

   Lessons from the Latin American Experience, 1960–2010
   Artigos de Conferências
   Novembro 2015
   Eduardo Rojas

   Access and opportunity are tied in many different ways to location. One’s neighborhood and neighbors can have dramatic effects on health and political, socioeconomic, and education opportunities and...

5. The Relationship Between the Rise of Private Communities and Increasing Socioeconomic Stratification

   Artigos de Conferências
   Novembro 2015
   Evan McKenzie

   In this paper, Evan McKenzie examines the rise of common interest housing, which takes the form of private homeowners’ associations, condominiums, and housing cooperatives. The relationship between...

6. Detroit and the Property Tax

   Strategies to Improve Equity and Enhance Revenue
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Novembro 2015
   Gary Sands and Mark Skidmore

   This report outlines the problems underlying the erosion of Detroit's property tax base—a factor that contributed to the city's bankruptcy in 2013. It offers recommendations for reform...

7. The Long-Run Effects of Subsidized Housing on Travel Behavior

   Evidence from China’s Housing Reform
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Novembro 2015
   Joshua Linn, Zhongmin Wang, and Lunyu Xie

   Many cities in developing countries are experiencing rapid urbanization along with deteriorating traffic congestion and air quality. A long-term approach to alleviating traffic congestion is to...

8. A Realistic Assessment of Housing Finance Reform

   Artigos de Conferências
   Novembro 2015
   Laurie S. Goodman

   Laurie S. Goodman focuses on the conservatorship and reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the efforts to expand the role of private capital in such government sponsored enterprises (GSEs). At the...

9. Inclusionary Housing

   Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Setembro 2015
   Rick Jacobus

   This report illustrates how local governments can realize the full benefits of inclusionary housing policies, which require developers of new market-rate real estate to provide some affordable units...

10. Riqueza residencial y su distribución en la región metropolitana de Río de Janeiro

    Documentos de Trabalho
    Setembro 2015
    David Vetter, Kaizô I. Beltrão, and Rosa M. R. Massena

    Dada la importancia de la vivienda como un componente del patrimonio de un hogar y de la riqueza nacional total, preguntamos: ¿cuáles son las variables que determinan el valor de la...