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OverviewThis title provides a comprehensive history of U.S. housing policy that illuminates the political struggles that have accompanied the nations effort to assist those citizens who are in desperate need of decent, affordable housing. Full Product DetailsAuthor: R. Allen HaysPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Edition: Third Edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.599kg ISBN: 9781438441672ISBN 10: 1438441673 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 01 May 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews"""...a very solid and useful book ... Overall, this book is worth reading for anyone interested in US housing policy."" - Housing Studies ""...well written and tightly focused on a highly relevant policy area. Students and policy makers alike will benefit from reading this welcome addition to the literature ... Highly recommended."" - CHOICE Praise for the First Edition ""...a thorough analysis of federal intervention in the U.S. housing market from the 1930s."" - American Political Science Review ""Hays's treatment of the complex history of housing and community-development programs is accurate, thoroughly documented, and concise ... [it] is a very good book which can easily serve as a basic reader for courses in housing and community development."" - Journal of Policy Analysis and Management" ...a very solid and useful book ... Overall, this book is worth reading for anyone interested in US housing policy. - Housing Studies ...well written and tightly focused on a highly relevant policy area. Students and policy makers alike will benefit from reading this welcome addition to the literature ... Highly recommended. - CHOICE Praise for the First Edition ...a thorough analysis of federal intervention in the U.S. housing market from the 1930s. - American Political Science Review Hays's treatment of the complex history of housing and community-development programs is accurate, thoroughly documented, and concise ... [it] is a very good book which can easily serve as a basic reader for courses in housing and community development. - Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Author InformationR. Allen Hays is Director of the Graduate Program in Public Policy and Professor of Political Science at the University of Northern Iowa. He is the author of Who Speaks for the Poor? and editor of Ownership, Control, and the Future of Housing Policy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |