Affordable Housing and Public-Private Partnerships

by Nestor M. Davidson, Robin Paul Malloy

Overview

Leading experts on housing law and policy come together in this book to focus attention on the critical need for affordable housing, address key issues of concern and suggest appropriate responses for future action.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409496762
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	02/28/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Nestor M. Davidson is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School. Robin Paul Malloy is E.I. White Chair and Distinguished Professor of Law at Syracuse University, and editor of Ashgate's Law, Property and Society series.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors vii

Editors' Preface ix

Acknowledgements xiii

1 Affordable Housing and the Conflict of Competing Goods: A Policy Dilemma Michael Deamond 1

2 Our Pluralist Housing Ethics and Public-Private Partnerships for Affordable Housing Tim Iglesias 11

3 The Value of Lawyering in Affordable Housing Transactions Nestor M. Davidson 35

4 Another Model of Low Income Housing Tax Credit Development: Building Housing and Building Capacity Michael Diamond 51

5 The National Housing Trust Fund: A challenge and an Opportunity for Creative Public-Private Partnerships Peter W. Salsich 69

6 Putting Community Equity in Community Development: Resident Equity Participation in Urban Redevelopment Barbara Bezdek 93

7 Constructing the Social Impact Statement to Measure the Full Cost to Public Housing Tenants of Urban Renewal Susan D. Bennett 129

8 Homeownership, Debt, and Default: The Affective Value of Home and the Challenge of Affordability Lorna Fox O 'Mahony 169

9 Accessible Housing and Affordability Robin Paul Malloy 207

10 Managing the Risks of Natural Disasters in Public Housing James Charles Smith 219

Table of Cases 245

Bibliography 247

Index 285

Editorial Reviews

'The development of subsidized affordable housing has undergone a startling revolution in the past two decades, embracing many models of public-private collaboration, which has fostered both successful innovations and worrisome conflicts between public values and private gain. Affordable Housing and Public-Private Partnerships provides an excellent, balanced selection of fresh legal scholarship addressing both the exciting and alarming aspects of this new world. It should be welcomed warmly by academics, lawyers, and students interested in the law and policy of affordable housing today. ' Peter Byrne, Georgetown University, USA 'This collection of fascinating essays is essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of affordable housing in America. Its focus on public-private partnerships draws critical attention to the complex role of contemporary financing structures in shaping the distribution and control of affordable housing. In this moment of housing crisis brought on by serious failures within the public and private sectors, this volume offers a vision for rethinking the appropriate roles of each in fulfilling the promise of housing for all.' Scott L. Cummings, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

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