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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"Housing Needs"”.
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A survey of the School Housing Needs in Ellensburg, Washington
… is one of providing more and better school housing. The purpose of this survey is to find out the condition of the present buildings, to make recommendations for improvements and alterations to the existing structures, to point out the needs for future building expansion. This survey is …
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Co-Living in Seoul: Addressing Housing Needs and Redefining Rental Market Trends
… asset class in the mid-2010s, addressing the housing needs of urban residents affected by rising housing costs, increasing urban migration, and the growing prevalence of single-person households. In South Korea, co-living has gained attention as a viable alternative to traditional housing, …
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Federal Subsidy Overlap in Affordable Rental Housing in the United States
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) programs are two of the largest affordable rental housing programs in the United States. The LIHTC assists in the development and preservation of affordable housing while the HCV provides subsidies to households to find …
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Housing policy in China
… has managed to replace its welfare-based urban housing system with a market-based housing provision scheme. With such significant housing policy changes, the PRC has successfully expanded urban home ownership and impressively increased per capita housing consumption. The housing market has …
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Moving along: An exploratory study of women with children in a transitional housing setting
Transitional housing programs are increasingly being used to service the social and housing needs of homeless women with children. However, there is minimal social work research pertaining to this shelter strategy. Instead, current knowledge focuses on the demographics of this population. Outcomes …
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Citizens' housing solution preferences in two communities: Esperanza Andina, Chile and Cayo Hueso, Cuba
Housing competes with other basic necessities for the limited resources of a society. Social policy reflects the priority placed on these basic needs by the state as well as citizens. The purpose of this study is to examine citizen housing solution preferences and explore how these preferences can …
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Densifying the suburbs : a single-family home alternative for tropical living in Coral Gables, Florida
… typological alternative for single-family housing as a potential vehicle for the densification of the urban suburbs. Through demographic and census data, the need for this kind of densification was first established and then a design project was formulated using site-specific parameters and …
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Financing development of multifamily low income rental housing in Bogotá, Columbia
… Colombia is the shortage of adequate affordable housing for the low income households. By the year 2000, Bogota alone had a housing shortage of about 540 thousand houses concentrated mainly on the three lower socioeconomic levels which represented 86% of the population of the city. As a response …
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Health Care and Policy Interventions to Improve the Health of Patients Experiencing Homelessness
Housing instability and homelessness are associated with significant health burdens, including high rates of chronic and infectious disease, disproportionate vulnerability to violence and injury, and increased risk of premature death and disability. In addition, between 28-57% of nonelderly …
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Conceptualising need and the allocation of council housing: A study of housing need
… to guide the allocation of resources. In the housing arena, local authorities are increasingly expected to assess housing needs as a preliminary step towards ensuring their satisfaction. Problems relating to the quantity, quality, suitability and affordability of housing have ensured a …
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Harnessing the real estate market for equitable affordable housing provision in Nairobi, Kenya : insights from California, USA
Affordable housing remains a problem for both developed and developing countries. The Government of Kenya recently unveiled affordable housing as one of its main agenda. Housing provision approaches supported by the current planning and housing policies which have been used for many years are …
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FOSTER CARE INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM AND ADOLESCENT SUCCESS
… of achieving overall success in independence in housing, education, financial support, and emotional/social support. It appears that the participants living situation was stable with majority not living alone. This begs the question that they still depend on others for support with housing …
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Old House, New Future: The Quiet Revival of the Shotgun House
… 1950s, shotgun homes were one of the predominant housing types in the United States. Today, only a few examples of shotgun houses and shotgun neighborhoods remain in cities across America. Many of these are in a state of disrepair. The place of shotgun architecture in local and national social …
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A critical appraisal of the national housing policy reform and its implementation of the Build Together programme within the Khomas region (1991-2002)
The housing sector is no exception. The sector indeed experiences the dual role of being the target of people-centred social welfare reform whilst, at the same time, functioning as the driving agent of change in close co-operation with the Ministry of Regional and Local Government and Housing …
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University Square Development Proposal
… Poly), a university with significant student housing needs, makes it an ideal location for student housing. The City has also expressed interest in the Site, having identified it in the General Plan Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) update as a “Special Planning Area”. The LUCE proposes …
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The Valle del Yaqui Project : building the capacity of Yaqui women to help themselves
A case study and evaluation, of a low-income housing program for single Yaqui mothers in Mexico, the Programa de Vivienda Ecologica (PVE). The PVE Program is a response to the desperate housing needs of the Yaqui, which employs micro-credit lending strategies to finance the purchase of a home. The …
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Irrational market : facts and fiction behind affordable housing in the San Francisco Bay Area
This thesis explores the belief that affordable housing has a negative impact on surrounding housing values. Currently, the San Francisco Bay Area is experiencing a housing shortage. The results of this housing crunch are most acutely felt by low income families who can no longer afford to live in …
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Causes, effects, and implications of subletting : experiences from low-income neighborhoods in Third World cities
… World cities have found it necessary to share housing accommodation. Those with access to land may be unable to afford to build their house or to pay the fees associated with their housing (particularly in upgrading or sites & service projects). Families who entered the market later may be …
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Minority housing conditions in urban settings: Proposals for the improvement of Las Vegas' Amerindian homes
… living on reservations occupy some of the worst housing in the United States. But, nowadays, both on reservations and in urban settings, a small majority (about 56%) of them use the same types of architectural space as any other Americans. For example, HUD homes on the reservations, apartment …
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