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This book was originally published in 1985. During the 1920s and 1930s, a series of housing developments was built in Europe, based on unprecedented levels of public finance allied to innovative policies of planning, and architectural design. How did these developments, which were the foundation of later social housing programmes, come into being? This study sets out to answer the question by looking into the evolution of the movement for housing reform in Germany and France, from the middle of the nineteenth century until the outbreak of the First World War. This book also examines the social and political nature of 'the housing problem', and traces the response through a series of central themes: the public health campaign; land reform and planning proposals; the elaboration of architectural types; and the search for fresh means of financing the construction of cheap housing. ... Read more

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a valuable study, but it lacks of breath
This study still deserves reading even 20 years after its publication. It is a well written, very well documented analysis, with many illustrations, which has few equivalents even now. France and Germany are studied separately, and the general plan is quite analytic, not very original. The reader will also find many useful and suggestive remarks comparing the situation of these countries with english situation. An authoritative book, which will give a mine of informations and should so stay on the list of people interested by history of housing for many years. However the readers who look for exciting focus of analysis might be deceived. Many pages are concerned with the discussions of reformer, may be too much, what gives a picture quite technical and deprived of any sociological imagination. It lacks some breath even if there are chapters with insightful remarks on architectural evolutions of dwellings. Evolutions of private/public spheres, popular ways of living are not really discussed.
A good introduction (even a very good one), which gives detailed accounts of housing reform and informs on the historical context (notably economic, scientific and architectural), but readers eager of suggestive propositions will complement this by other readings. After all, this might well correspond to what the book was intended for. ... Read more

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This volume explains why there is bipartisan interest in privatization of public housing and how it can be accomplished. ... Read more

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This book contains the description and evaluation of a profound housing system reform constituting part of the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy in the Czech Republic. It addresses two goals: to evaluate housing subsidies (reforms) by application of improved methods of welfare economics and, secondly, to list the main factors explaining the particular outcomes of selected reforms. The author applied methods of welfare economics for an evaluation of housing subsidies in a scale unique in housing studies. The analysis of underlying factors influencing formation of housing reforms brought new findings about the essence of transition in post-socialist countries.

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This digital document is an article from Policy Review, published by Hoover Institution Press on May 1, 1997. The length of the article is 2084 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The Interfaith Housing Coalition is private, faith-based transitional housing organization in Dallas, notable for its success in helping welfare mothers despite its strict rules. The program pushes welfare recipients to find and keep jobs. Interfaith does not accept people with current drug problems into its three-month program, which has a 30% dropout rate. Interfaith founder Ben Beltzer refuses all government aid, fearing a loss of control and the religious roots of the program. Interfaith has become the model for numerous similar programs in other cities.

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Title: Tough medicine for welfare moms.
Author: Barbara von der Heydt
Publication: Policy Review (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 1997
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
Issue: n83Page: p16(3)

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Are you tired of hearing about the complexities of the economy, unemployment, foreign policy, etc?Are you frustrated by politicians telling you the challenges America faces are too difficult for you to understand?I was too!So, I decided to dive headlong into each issue and find the real truth behind the ‘so called’ complexities, and what I found may surprise you.The issues of today aren’t mind boggling.They aren’t huge algorithms.What they are is straightforward challenges, which we can solve with good old fashioned common sense solutions. The problem is most politicians can’t balance a check book, let alone the national budget.They’re also too busy running for re-election instead of working for their constituents.In order to make this topic easy to understand and to bring it closer to home, we’ll follow Harold Barnes and his son Joshua as they go on an unexpected journey that starts with the writing of a Civics paper for school. The innocent and straightforward questions of a sixteen year old boy ignite their neighborhood, and then their state, into a political firestorm that eventually becomes The Franklin Party. If you want to recapture your pride in America and the spirit it was founded on, read this book.
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Chapters: Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico, Public Housing in Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Health Reform. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico or NAP is a federal assistance nutritional program provided by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) solely to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a self-governing dependency of the United States. It provides over $1.5 billion in supplemental economic resources to help just over 1 million impoverished residents cope with their nutritional needs. The program is commonly known in Puerto Rico as Programa de Asistencia Nutricional, PAN, or Cupones in Spanish, and is based on, though not directly part of, the USDA's national Food Stamp Program. Since its inception in 1982, the program has been providing low-income families living in Puerto Rico with cash benefits used for food purchases. It is a collaborative effort between the USDA and the island's government, where the former provides annual federal appropriations for the Puerto Rican government to distribute individually among eligible participants. Although the methods of providing such benefits have changed over the years, the program's basic objective of helping low-income families meet their nutritional needs has remained constant. It has, however, been controversial throughout its existence. Federal reviews and assessments have revealed deficiencies in its operations and management, requiring the implementation of various changes, including increased scrutiny. It has also attracted both criticism and advocacy from Puerto Rico and the United States over its effectiveness in helping poor families and its impact on Puerto Rico's social classes and economy. Food stamps have been issued in the United States since World War I...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7116211 ... Read more