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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Housing Authority"”.
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The desirability of an Indian housing authority for Massachusetts
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1987.
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Investigation of queueing parameters for evaluating Boston Housing Authority maintnenance [sic] operations
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1984.
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Expanding Architectures of Sharing: Public-Housing Authority-Supported Middle-Income Limited-Equity Cooperatives
… being squeezed harder than ever. Faced with a housing market structured around binaries between renting/owning and market-rate/affordable housing (income- and price-restricted), middle-income households are left with increasingly few options. Neither private developers nor public-sector …
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Implementation of a Healthy Lifestyle Program at the Jefferson City Housing Authority in Jefferson City, Tennessee.
… Blood Institute. Residents of the Jefferson City Housing Authority were asked to participate. No resident attended or completed the healthy lifestyle program. Follow-up focus groups with stakeholders and potential participants showed that lack of motivation was the greatest barrier to …
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Public housing authorities and the challenge of developing affordable housing : the case of the Cambridge Housing Authority
As housing and rent prices continue to rise in cities in the United States, it is becoming increasingly difficult for very low-income households to find decent affordable housing. Public Housing Authorities (PHAs), who are the main providers of housing opportunities to this population, are limited …
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"Casualty of Progress": The Ward One Community and Urban Renewal, Columbia, South Carolina, 1964-1974
… the role of the City of Columbia, the Columbia Housing Authority, and the University of South Carolina played in the Urban Renewal Projects in Columbia, South Carolina between 1964 and 1974 that led to the displacement of a predominantly African-American neighborhood. This work will add to the …
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Planning for public housing : strategic tool or regulatory checklist?
The Public Housing Agency (PHA) Plan was introduced in 1998 as part of the landmark Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act. The stated purpose of this legislation was to reform public housing by "deregulating and decontrolling public housing authorities, thereby enabling them to perform as …
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Public housing in Boston : chanigng needs and role
Boston's public housing program is plagued with problems, both social and physical, some of which are common to housing authorities throughout the country, and some of which are unique to Boston. The Boston Housing Authority has been under attack from civil rights groups for racial discrimination, …
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JOURNEY TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY: AN ANALYSIS OF MOTIVATION LEVEL AND EMPLOYMENT HOPE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESIDENTS
<p>The Pilot Work Requirement (PWR) for the Housing Authority of San Bernardino is a mandated welfare to work program that was implemented with the goal of promoting self-sufficiency of its residents. Self-sufficiency is both economic and psychological. Participants in welfare-to-work programs view …
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Residential Outcomes of HOPE VI Relocatees in Richmond, VA
In 1997 the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority received a HOPE VI grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the amount of $26.9 million to revitalize the Blackwell scattered site public housing community. The mixed income approach of HOPE VI calls for a reduction …
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Housing expectations, satisfaction, and tenure plans of Black, female heads-of-household who participate in the section 8 leased housing program
… households have the most limited access to housing of any socioeconomic group in the United States. The principle government program to help alleviate this problem is the Section 8 Leased Housing Program. The purpose of this study was to examine significant differences in intent to move by …
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We live here : tenants and the Massachusetts Public Housing Reform debate
… the director of a local Massachusetts housing authority in late 2011 spurred a heated public debate about governance and efficiency in the state-funded public housing system. Governor Patrick, state agency heads, public and affordable housing professionals and experts and tenant …
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A civic auditorium group for Roanoke
… structure. The Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority offered constructive suggestions concerning the site selection. These interviews revealed the need for three principal facilities: (1) an arena for 6000 persons to accommodate conventions, trade shows, and sporting events, (2) a …
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Redesign of a demolished neighborhood: creating a healthy, safe and sociable Cabrini Green in Chicago
… propose a redesign of a newly demolished public housing project located at the north end of Cabrini Green neighborhood in Chicago. It is the former “William Green Homes”, notorious for crimes, physical deterioration, and social isolation, but also home for many hundreds of people over the years. …
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Urban Growth with Limited Prosperity: A History of Public Housing in Laredo, Texas -- 1938 to 2006
<p>Public housing in the United States has been a controversial sociopolitical topic since the years of the Great Depression. The issue of appropriate and secure habitation for the country's "deserving poor" continues to be of great importance as government subsidies become scarce in the early 21st …
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Improving in place : a passive solar design approach to public housing redevelopment
For the New York City Housing Authority, or NYCHA, sustaining the city's 178,000 units of public housing for future generations is a significant and increasingly difficult task. Faced with aging infrastructure and cuts in federal funding, the city has turned to private sector partnerships for new …
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Redeveloping or preserving public housing : the future of Columbia Point
… Boston's largest and most stigmatized public housing project, has been a focal point for public and private. investment strategies to create a new mixed-income residential community. Columbia Point provided attractive housing for 1,500 families or close to 6,000 people for more than 15 years. …
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Tracking and evaluating economic self-sufficiency programs in moving to work housing authorities
… self-sufficiency programs at the Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA). CHA has established a reputation as a leading innovator and implementer, but the agency is beginning to recognize the need to improve their capacity for program measurement and evaluation. Agency leadership is working to …
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Public Housing on Risky Ground: A National Study of Flood Risk and Two Case Studies Investigating the Legacy of Environmental Inequality
… whether residents of U.S. rent-subsidized housing are exposed to natural hazards, including flooding and sinkholes, and how they can be protected. Using a multilevel model, the first study finds that census tracts with higher concentrations of subsidized housing have greater exposure to …
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Three Essays on Public Housing and Social Inequality
… of three essays that examine the impact of housing policies and the surrounding neighborhoods on socioeconomically disadvantaged populations living in public housing. In the first chapter, titled "The Spillover Effects of Source of Income Anti-Discrimination Laws on Public Housing," I …
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