Housing is a basic human right and it has strong links with economic, social and cultural aspects of human life. Housing is essential for human survival with dignity. Housing allow people to have privacy, family life, assembly and association. An adequate shelter is the base for human relationships, the free development of the individual and for the playing of an active role in the social and c...

BACKGROUND Housing environments that hinder performance of daily activities and impede participation in social life have negative health consequences particularly for the older segment of the population. From a public health perspective accessible housing that supports active and healthy ageing is therefore crucial. The objective of the present study was to make an inventory of environmental ba...

BACKGROUND Much research has shown that the homeless have higher rates of substance abuse problems than housed populations and that substance abuse increases individuals' vulnerability to homelessness. However, the effects of housing policies on drug users' access to housing have been understudied to date. This paper will look at the "unofficial" housing policies that affect drug users' access ...

In an earlier paper, Goodman and Thibodeau [Journal of Housing Economics 7 (1998) 121] examined housing market segmentation within metropolitan Dallas using hierarchical models (Hierarchical Linear Models: Applications and Data Analysis Methods, Sage, Newbury Park, 1992) and single-family property transactions over the 1995:1 – 1997:1 periods. Their preliminary results suggested that hierarchic...

Housing wealth is the largest source of household wealth, but we know little about the distribution of housing wealth and how institutions have shaped this distribution. Subsidies for homeownership, privatisation of social housing and mortgage finance liberalisation are likely to have influenced the distribution of housing wealth in recent decades. To examine their impact, we describe housing w...

These papers are preliminary in nature: their purpose is to stimulate discussion and comment. Therefore, they are not to be cited or quoted in any publication without the express permission of the author. Abstract This chapter explores the potential importance of local housing market regulation in determining homelessness in the U.S. I begin with a theoretical discussion of the connection betwe...