LibGuides: Affordable Housing: Around the World

An affordable housing development in Canada. Source: IDuke, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Books at Gumberg

eBooks: (Note: You will have to enter your MultiPass credentials to access these off-campus.)

Global Housing Markets: Crises, Policies, and Institutions by Robert Kolb; Ashok Bardhan; Robert Edelstein (Editor); Cynthia Kroll (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
This internationally focused book evaluates the genesis of the housing market bubble, the global viral contagion of the crisis, and the policy initiatives undertaken in some of the major economies of the world to counteract its disastrous affects.
From Local Action to Global Networks: Housing the Urban Poor by Peter Herrle; Astrid Ley; Josefine Fokdal
Call Number: eBook
This book brings together different perspectives on multi-scalar approaches within the housing field and on grassroots engagement with formal agencies including local government, higher levels of government and international agencies. By moving away from romanticizing local self-initiatives, it focuses on understanding the emerging potential once local initiatives are interlinked and scaled-up to transnational networks.
Urban Land Rent: Singapore As a Property State by Anne Haila
Call Number: eBook
In Urban Land Rent, Anne Haila uses Singapore as a case study to develop an original theory of urban land rent with important implications for urban studies and urban theory. It details the Asian development state model, historical and contemporary land regimes, public housing models, and the development industry for Singapore and several other cities.
Global Housing Cycles by Deniz Igan; Prakash Loungani
Call Number: eBook
This paper documents the characteristics of housing cycles in a large set of countries, and examines the determinants of house price movements. Empirical analysis shows that house price dynamics are mostly driven by income and demographics but fluctuations in these fundamentals and credit conditions can create deviations from the implied equilibrium path.
Housing Policy Matters: A Global Analysis by Shlomo Angel
Call Number: eBook
This book unifies housing policy by integrating industrialized and developing-country interventions in the housing sector into a comprehensive global framework. One hundred indicators are used to compare housing policies and conditions in 53 countries. Statistical analysis confirms that--after accounting for economic development--enabling housing policies result in improved housing conditions.
The Urban Housing Manual by Geoffrey K. Payne; Michael Majale
Call Number: eBook
This practice-oriented manual tackles the issue of regulatory frameworks for urban upgrading and new housing development, and how they impact on access to adequate, affordable shelter and other key livelihood assets, in particular for the urban poor. It illustrates two methods for reviewing regulatory frameworks and expounds guiding principles for effecting change, informed by action research.

Finding Resources at Gumberg

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Affordable Housing OR Low-Cost Housing AND [Location]
Low-Income Housing AND [Location]
Affordable Housing AND Homelessness AND [Location]
Affordable Housing AND Poverty AND [Location]
Housing Crisis AND [Location]
Housing Subsidies AND [Location]
Housing Market AND [Location]
Affordable Housing AND Segregation AND [Location]
Affordable Housing AND Discrimination AND [Location]
Affordable Housing AND Natural Disasters AND [Location]
Affordable Housing AND Homeownership AND [Location]
Affordable Housing AND Policy AND [Location]

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