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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"housing subsidies"”.
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Property values, housing subsidies and incentives : evidence from Chile's current housing policies
… study evaluates the performance of low income housing subsidy programs currently operating in Chile. The use of detailed microdata allows a close assessment of the relationship between individual subsidy grants, characteristics of the units purchased and actual transaction prices. The study …
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Three essays on housing: Housing rent and occupational rank in Beijing and Shenyang, China. Rent controls, housing subsidies and privatization: An international perspective. The urban housing reform in China
Chapter I. Housing rent and occupational rank in Bejjing and Shenyang, China. Under the planned economic system in China, the occupational rank of housing renters has a major effect on the household's rent. The government provides differential housing subsidies to different types of renters of …
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Expanding access to assisted living in Massachusetts : five models of greater affordability
… fees and expand access to this important seniors housing type for this population. Case studies representing each approach are discussed, and the success of each case is assessed on the basis of its successful delivery of the assisted living concept, as well as its success in reaching the …
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Rapid Urbanisation in Zambia – the challenge of providing low-income housing in urban areas – 1964 to 2018: The case of the city of Lusaka
… proceeded very rapidly presenting significant housing problems to the independence government. In the last five decades, Zambia’s Capital City, Lusaka has been growing most rapidly. Unfortunately, most of this growth has been in informal settlements on insecure land because most residents …
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The parking policy and smart growth disconnect : obstacles to establishing and implementing smart growth parking policy
… use that result from highway and single family housing subsidies, segregated land uses, and many other government policies established over the last 80 years. Parking is one part of the complex and problematic system of traditional urban development that can benefit from a Smart Growth approach …
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Tax Policy, Housing Markets, and Redistribution
… and residential integration, through the housing market. This dissertation consists of three papers, two on such housing-related tax policies and a third on means-tested transfer benefits. An introductory chapter reviews the role of government in the housing market, both in actuality and …
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Essays in the microeconometric evaluation of public policies
… In Chapter 2, we estimate the incidence of the housing subsidy on subsidised and unsubsidised tenants. Using a reform of the housing subsidies in the UK, we inves- tigate how the exogenous cut in the subsidy affected rents. We find that rents were not significantly reduced by the subsidy cut and …
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Financing affordable urban high-rise middle-class residential property development in Malawi
… must adapt to the experiences of liberalised housing sector, have not been able to do so due to increased exclusion in housing finance, imbalanced demand and supply forces in land resources, and disincentivised property development environment. Luckily, a strong demand for housing in Lilongwe …
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Addressing the title deed backlog in South Africa – a systems perspective
… deeds registration process. The long-standing housing crisis in South Africa is exacerbated by the growing challenges of managing and administrating housing subsidies for those who cannot afford conventional mortgage loans (Gordon et al., 2011). Aside from an inconsistent approach to subsidised …
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Title : community integration among formerly homeless veterans
… homeless Veterans housed under the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program. HUD-VASH provides homeless Veterans with affordable housing subsidies and supportive services, including non-mandated linkages to healthcare. The program functions …
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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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The use of 3D geovisualisations for urban design : the case of informal settlement upgrading in South Africa
… are a common occurrence in South African due to housing backlogs and shortage of housing subsidies, and are often located on disputed land. To improve in-situ circumstances of these communities, informal settlement upgrades and urban design is required. Spatial data and maps are essential …
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The forgotten class : reconceptualizing contemporary middle-income housing in New York City
New York City's costly real estate poses housing affordability challenges for not only low- or even moderate-income households, but also for the so-called "middle class." Because New York is predominantly a renter's market, federal home ownership supports that disproportionately benefit middleto- …
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Housing for Welfare in India: Insights on the world’s largest ‘assisted self-help’ low-cost rural and peri-urban scheme from ground implementers in riparian Odisha
Housing subsidies are a key strategy used by governments to bridge their low-income housing gap. Several low- and middle-income countries subsidise rural welfare housing – at times through direct cash transfer to recipients – conditional on achieving specific construction milestones through …
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From vacant space to active place: leveraging state-owned land for affordable housing - a case study of Youngsfield
Access to affordable housing in well-located areas across Cape Town is a pressing issue faced by low-income households. Attempts have been made at addressing the issue through affordable and free housing subsidies being implemented, but these have not improved access to opportunities for low-income …
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Food innsecurity and quality of life in informal settlements of Katutura, Windhoek, Namibia
… living in urban areas than in rural areas. The housing backlog coupled with a shortage of housing subsidies means that for many there is no alternative but to live in informal settlements. Urban food insecurity is often overlooked since at aggregate level, economic and social conditions in urban …
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Application of information systems in irregular settlement management and low-cost housing provision
… and the process of delivering low-cost housing in South Africa. An Irregular Settlement can be defined as an area where the 'shacks' have no fixed street address. Due to policies by previous regimes, under whose rule irregular settlements were almost ignored, there is often little or no …