1Senior Research Associate  Justice Policy Center, The Urban Institute  2100 M Street NW  Washington, DC 20037 esearch shows that a one-size-fits-all approach to housing for persons with mental illness who are justice involved will not work. What works in housing for most persons with mental illness may be different from what works for those who are justice involved — particularly those indi...

In modern urban society, house has become rare resource. Under space of city limited, house resource in short situation, its distribution inevitably causes a variety of social conflict and inequitable problems. There are three housing problems closely linked with urbanization course, as the ubiquitous economic social concern of countries all over the world. First, the shortage of the quantity o...

Portland, Oregon, is well known for its relatively unique urban growth boundary (UGB), a very tight form of zoning designed to control sprawl. The UGB has recently been criticized for raising housing prices. From a theoretical perspective, the UGB will put upward pressure on land and thus housing prices, but the magnitude of this effect is uncertain. Increasing density should substitute for hig...

The controversial Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program is the largest federal low-income housing program. Using GIS-based spatial clustering analysis (Getis–Ord’s Gi statistic) and multiple linear regressions, in this paper, the authors examine the locational patterns of more than 13,600 Section 8 housing units in Jefferson County, Kentucky, and explore key social, economic, demographic, an...

This study applies a housing market perspective on hotspots in northern, rural Sweden. It uses the concept ‘hotspot’ defined as places with rising house prices and in-migration of households with higher than average education and income. The focus rests on three places having the ideal characteristics of being a rural hotspot, located in three Swedish northern municipalities. These places are e...

This article consists in three parts. The first part deals with theory. We evaluate the pros and cons of government involvement in urban housing and of renting versus ownership. In the second part, we summarize the different housing policies that have been implemented in the United States, Europe, and Asia. We draw some conclusions. In particular, we show that there is a tradeoff between encour...

Singapore is a city-state with limited land and a growing population. Within its land area of 700 square kilometers, it has to meet the needs of the city, nation, and population. From an initial population of about 150 at the time of its British founding in 1819, Singapore grew through immigration and net natural change to 4 million inhabitants by 2000. The population of Singapore is projected ...

To date, the vast majority of studies in urban areas have been carried out on birds, yet it is not known whether the responses of birds to urbanization are congruent with those of other taxa. In this paper, we compared the responses of breeding birds and carabid beetles to urbanization, specifically asking whether the emerging generalizations of the effects of extreme levels of urbanization on ...

extended abstractintroductionhousing is more than a mere physical shelter and be included all public facilities and services necessary to live better human being and be sure to provide a relatively long tenure. in persian housing means place of peace and quiet. residential space in underlying a safe and healthy family environment. today, despite the development of technology and communication, ...

This article explores the qualitative and quantitative values that influenced urban form of an renewal project. The site was explored in 1950s when it built as public housing, during its process 2010–2015, based on private money. conclusions will focus need to change mechanism order incorporate all needs neighborhood keep resilience over time. evaluation be demonstrated case study ‘Haviva Reich...