Download or read book The Affordable City written by Shane Phillips and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Los Angeles to Boston and Chicago to Miami, US cities are struggling to address the twin crises of high housing costs and household instability. Debates over the appropriate course of action have been defined by two poles: building more housing or enacting stronger tenant protections. These options are often treated as mutually exclusive, with support for one implying opposition to the other. Shane Phillips believes that effectively tackling the housing crisis requires that cities support both tenant protections and housing abundance. He offers readers more than 50 policy recommendations, beginning with a set of principles and general recommendations that should apply to all housing policy. The remaining recommendations are organized by what he calls the Three S’s of Supply, Stability, and Subsidy. Phillips makes a moral and economic case for why each is essential and recommendations for making them work together. There is no single solution to the housing crisis—it will require a comprehensive approach backed by strong, diverse coalitions. The Affordable City is an essential tool for professionals and advocates working to improve affordability and increase community resilience through local action.
Download or read book Low Cost Pole Building Construction written by Ralph Wolfe and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 1980-01-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cost-effective and adaptable, pole buildings are the perfect solution for tool sheds, barns, or even summer homes. Low-Cost Pole Building Construction focuses on designs that provide good wind resistance with minimal grading and no need to excavate for a foundation. With full plans for a number of sample buildings that include a solar cottage, garage, and woodshed, you’ll be able to quickly and effectively build the structure you need while saving both money and time.
Download or read book Building an Affordable House written by Fernando Pages Ruiz and published by Taunton Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive guide of its kind, Building an Affordable House is for homeowners and building contractors who want to incorporate proven cost-saving techniques into their projects.
Download or read book Low Cost Housing in D C written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia. Subcommittee on Housing and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers (79) S. 13, (79) S. 610.
Download or read book A Compendium of Information on Selected Low cost Building Materials written by United Nations Centre for Human Settlements and published by UN-HABITAT. This book was released on 1988 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Performance Test of Floor Coverings for Use in Low cost Housing written by Percy A. Sigler and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hand Book of Low Cost Housing written by A. K. Lal and published by New Age International. This book was released on 1996 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Recent Years, There Is A Growing Emphasis On Low Cost Housing To Meet The Housing Requirements Of The Millions In The Country. This Book Makes An Attempt To Bring Various Issues Related To Low Cost Housing, Under One Umbrella, Viz., Innovative Cost Effective Construction Techniques And Materials, Availability Of Funds, For Undertaking Housing Programmes, Hindrances In The Availability Of Land Due To Several Legal Complications, Upgradation Of Slums And Squatter Settlements, Low Cost Infrastructure Services, Rural Housing Scenario And Measures To Be Adopted For Making Safe And Durable Houses In Areas Prone To Natural Disasters.The Information Contained In The Book Might Prove Beneficial To The Engineering And Architectural Students, Professionals (Architects And Engineers), Both In Private And Public Sectors, Academicians Including Economists And Sociologists And Entrepreneurs In Building Industry. The Book Might Also Serve As A Useful Reference For B.Tech/B.Arch., M.Tech/M.Arch. Courses And Ph.D. Programmes Offered By Several Indian And Foreign Universities.
Download or read book Low cost Housing in District of Columbia written by United States. Congress. Senate. District of Columbia and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Low cost Rural Housing Program of the Farm Security Administration written by United States. Farm Security Administration and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Low cost Housing in Barbados written by Mark R. Watson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Barbados Tenantries Programme provides an example of what can take place when the state elects to intervene in low-income housing. This work offers an empirical study of the plantation tenantries since the upgrading programme began in the 1980s, examining different aspects of 150 tenantries.
Download or read book Design Siting and Construction of Low cost Housing and Community Buildings written by Center for Building Technology and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Power of Existing Buildings written by Robert Sroufe and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Power of Existing Buildings, academic sustainability expert Robert Sroufe, and construction and building experts Craig Stevenson and Beth Eckenrode, explain how to realize the potential of existing buildings and make them perform like new. This step-by-step guide will help readers to: understand where to start a project; develop financial models and realize costs savings; assemble an expert team; and align goals with numerous sustainability programs. The Power of Existing Buildings will challenge you to rethink spaces where people work and play, while determining how existing buildings can save the world. The insights and practical experience of Sroufe, Stevenson, and Eckenrode, along with the project case study examples, provide new insights on investing in existing buildings for building owners, engineers, occupants, architects, and real estate and construction professionals.
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Download or read book Strong Towns written by Charles L. Marohn, Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States. Presenting the foundational ideas of the Strong Towns movement he co-founded, Charles Marohn explains why cities of all sizes continue to struggle to meet their basic needs, and reveals the new paradigm that can solve this longstanding problem. Inside, you’ll learn why inducing growth and development has been the conventional response to urban financial struggles—and why it just doesn’t work. New development and high-risk investing don’t generate enough wealth to support itself, and cities continue to struggle. Read this book to find out how cities large and small can focus on bottom-up investments to minimize risk and maximize their ability to strengthen the community financially and improve citizens’ quality of life. Develop in-depth knowledge of the underlying logic behind the “traditional” search for never-ending urban growth Learn practical solutions for ameliorating financial struggles through low-risk investment and a grassroots focus Gain insights and tools that can stop the vicious cycle of budget shortfalls and unexpected downturns Become a part of the Strong Towns revolution by shifting the focus away from top-down growth toward rebuilding American prosperity Strong Towns acknowledges that there is a problem with the American approach to growth and shows community leaders a new way forward. The Strong Towns response is a revolution in how we assemble the places we live.
Download or read book COST C16 Improving the Quality of Existing Urban Building Envelopes written by M.T. Andeweg and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2007-04-12 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a support by COST, an intergovernmental European framework for international cooperation between nationally funded research activities, this work, which is within the COST Transport and Urban Development Domain, looks at improving the techniques for envelopes of buildings constructed in the last half of the 20th century in COST countries.
Download or read book Low cost Rental Housing for Veterans written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Low cost Housing for the Elderly written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
