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- Quality Decisions: A Stochastic Equilibrium Model of Homeownership
By Sharon O'Donnell
Long-term observers of urban communities know that the distribution of housing quality and the changes of this distribution over time encompass not one but a variety of neighborhood housing patterns. Results from the housing market literature, most notably the filtering literature, explain one pattern of change. (More)
- Fallacies of the American Welfare State: The Enduring Response of Community- and Faith-Based Organizations—Homeless Shelters and Relief Services in New York City During the 1920s and 1990s
By Deirdre Oakley
The purpose of this dissertation is to fill some of the current knowledge gap concerning the role of faith- and community-based organizations in housing and community development by conducting an empirical study. Using New York City as the study area, this dissertation will investigate the organization, institutional capacity, neighborhood context, and associations with related community institutions of faith- and community-based organizations providing temporary and permanent housing for low-income individuals in the 1920s and the 1990s. (More)
- Public Policy Issues Related to FHA Financing: FHA Borrowers, FHA Loan Limit and Homeownership
By Zeynep Onder
This study examines three public policy questions related to the FHA's mortgage insurance programs. (More)
- Examining Social Relations in Mixed-Income Communities: An Examination of Individual Processes and Social Mechanisms that Shape Neighbor Interaction
By Kelly Owens
This is a qualitative investigation of community life among different socioeconomic groups within a HOPE VI community located in New Orleans, Louisiana. This study examines social interaction among residents who live in subsidized housing and in private market rentals/owner-occupied units; it is motivated by theoretical underpinnings that suggest incorporating higher income earners into former public housing developments will help eradicate social dislocations associated with concentrated poverty. The purpose of this study is to identify the processes and mechanisms that shape social interaction and also explain the limited neighborhood effects observed in previous studies aimed at assessing self-sufficiency indicators among publicly subsidized individuals. (More)
- Pulpits and Policy: The Politics of Black Church-Based Community Development in New York City, 1980-2000
By Michael Owens
Breaking with the present research on the use and effectiveness of urban black church-affiliated CDCs in altering the conditions in urban black neighborhoods, my research attends to the political effects and consequences of CDCs, both for black citizens and city government. (More)
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