...I watched a A documentary about affordable public housing, particularly the Section 8 Housing Voucher program, Poverty, Politics, and Profit (2017) – PBS/frontline. The documentary gave an overview of the affordable housing crisis and how some cities are growing the grows, the number of affordable homes is shrinking. This is a major issue for many low income families, especially after the 2007 housing crisis, over the last decade the average household incomes have declined while rents have been rising. There are more than 40,000 evictions are in Dallas every year and 2.5 million evictions throughout the country each year. The documentary followed a few different families who were in need of finding affordable housing and trying to do better...
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...“Opening up the Suburbs”: An Evaluation of Affordable Housing in New Jersey American Literary Critic, Henry Louis Gates once stated, “If Martin Luther King came back, he’d say we need another civil rights movement built on class not race”. Although Gates statement is expandable by many examples, an area particularly demonstrating this inequality among classes, is exclusionary zoning. These local laws have been seen to detain lower-income individuals from residing in certain communities by mandating specifications on lot sizes, types of housing, and the number of buildings and occupants allowed. Consequently these factors trigger an increase in community housing costs, and thus drive away lower-income individuals. In the past few decades however, states’ tolerance for exclusionary zoning have dissipated, and new zoning requirements to enforce realistic housing opportunities have been enacted. Particularly, the state of New Jersey has chosen to tackle affordable housing through the judicially enforced Mount Laurel Doctrine. Yet even under its establishment, the doctrine’s history and evolvement has proven that “opening up the suburbs” follows with the opening of controversy. Since the doctrine’s creation, courts have been confronted with hundreds of litigations from developers and municipalities stemming from Mount Laurel’s questionable creditability and changing demands. The Mount Laurel Doctrine was originally created off the court decision made in Southern Burlington County...
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...Affordable Housing – Some Experiences From Kenya Wafula NABUTOLA, Kenya Key words: Affordable, Mortgage, Sweat Equity, Home, House, Space, Settlements. SUMMARY Shelter is a physiological human need. It is like food. So much so that even those who cannot afford it still need it. By its nature housing represents a major investment requiring a substantial capital outlay. In the majority of housing projects, the developer whether as a corporate or individual has to borrow, beg or steal! Kenya’s GDP is reasonably large but is not growing at the rate that would be classified as booming. In fact the population growth at 2.9% is higher than the GDP growth at 1.1%. These are 2002 figures and therefore are quite current. The purchasing power parity is USD 346.00 per annum. The income per capita per day is USD 0.95! At that rate affordability of anything let alone housing is a big challenge. I am interested in this study because I know that more than one third of Kenyans (12 million – 9 million in rural and 3 million in urban areas) in both the urban and rural areas do not have access to decent and affordable housing. This study seeks to uncover the root causes and effects of abject poverty and suggest ways and means of mitigating those circumstances. TS12 – Housing – Costs and Finance Wafula Nabutola TS12.2 Affordable Housing – Some Experiences from Kenya FIG Working Week 2004 Athens, Greece, May 22-27, 2004 1/17 Affordable Housing – Some Experiences From Kenya Wafula NABUTOLA, Kenya...
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...INTRODUCTION I. Attention Catcher: In the course of a year, at least 2.3 million people in the United States, including 1 million children are likely to experience at least one period of homelessness, according to Laurie Anderson’s in her 2013 journal “Providing Affordable Family Housing”. II. Listener Relevance: Imagine that you had to live in a two-bedroom apartment with ten other people, or having to live in a space with no heat during the cold Minnesota winters. Now flash back to your childhood, but picture it as if you had to live on the streets with your family, sleeping in shelters some days and bus stations on others. III. Speaker Credibility: Having volunteered with Habitat for Humanity approximately 56 hours this semester, I have learned first hand the importance of affordable housing. IV. Thesis Statement: I am going to convince you that the push for affordable housing is imperative to society. V. Preview of Speech: Affordable housing is beneficial to the well being of families, neighborhoods, and the economy. BODY I. First Main Point: Affordable housing has a positive impact on families. A. Sheila Crowley explains in her 2013 “Journal of Negro Education” that affordable housing is considered to be 30% of a family’s income, but no state has a high enough minimum wage to afford market rate rent. B. When a child has a stable home environment to go back to after school, they are more likely to stay out of trouble and succeed in school...
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...first group is in favor of SunCal's development project of affordable housing in the expensive Anaheim area, which is close to Disney Park where the workers work. The second party argues that this area should be preserved and dedicated to touristic projects that support Disney Park and refuse the idea of affordable housing projects for workers near Disney Park. 2) Who are the relevant market and nonmarket stakeholders in this situation? Market Stakeholders: - Disney Incorporations - Workers at Disney Park - SunCal's – Housing Developer Non Market Stakeholders: - Chamber of Commerce - City Council - Environmental & Social Activists - Business Groups in the area - Government Officials - Tourists & Visitors of Disney Park 3) What are the various Stakeholders' interests? Please indicate if each stakeholder is in favor of, or opposed to, SunCal's proposed Development. - Disney Incorporation, Chamber of Commerce & Business Groups: Are against developing affordable housing for its workers near the park & prefers to dedicate the area to touristic purposes such as restaurants & resorts. After all, the resort district produced more than half of Anaheim’s tax revenue (5% of Anaheim's Area) and those parties are interested in the potential revenue from building resorts & hotels in this area instead of affordable housing. - Disney Workers, Social & Environmental Activists & SunCal: Are in favor of the affordable housing for workers especially that the area is expensive and workers...
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...LITRATURE 8 2.1.MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 8 2.2. OBJECTIVES OF MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 9 2.3. PRICE DETERMINATION 10 2.4. INFLATION 13 2.5. HOUSING THE POOR 13 2.6. Integrated Housing development program 17 2.7. Hawassa city housing development project office 19 2.8. Different type of houses and price of transferring 20 CHAPTER THREE 21 3. DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 21 3.1. Beneficiary (dwellers) characteristics (sample population) 21 3.2.1. TYPE OF HOUSES ASSIGNED FOR BENEFICIARY IN THE SAMPLE…. 25 3.2.2. DWELLERS WILLINGNESS TO BUY HOUSES 26 3.2.3. PRICE OF HOUSES AND THE FACTORS THAT AFFECTS THE PRICE OF HOUSES ………………………………………………………………………………...26 3.2.4.CONSTRUCTION MATERRIALS AND THE MARKET PRIC………………..27 3.2.5.GENERAL OPINION OF DWELLERS 28 3.2.6. PRICE OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND BENEFICIARY OPINION.29 CHAPTER FOUR 33 4. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 33 4.1. CONCLUSION 33 4.2 RECOMMENDATION --------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 Bibliography………………………………………………………………. 36 Appendix I …………………………………………………………… 37 Appendix II ………………………………………………………… 38 CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Ethiopian urban centers face a number of socio-economic problems. Unemployment, poverty, weak economic base, growing housing problem and slum dwelling with a weak...
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...expected to submit its report by the first week of Monsoon Session, 2015. Recent Briefs: The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014 April 20, 2015 The Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2014 February 13, 2015 Mandira Kala mandira@prsindia.org Prachee Mishra prachee@prsindia.org July 17, 2015 This Bill amends the principal Act passed in 2013. The Bill enables the government to exempt five categories of projects from the requirements of: (i) social impact assessment, (ii) restrictions on acquisition of multi-cropped land, and (iii) consent for private projects and public private partnerships (PPPs) projects. The five categories of projects are: (i) defence, (ii) rural infrastructure, (iii) affordable housing, (iv) industrial corridors, and (v) infrastructure including PPPs where government owns the land. The Act would apply retrospectively, if an award had been made five years earlier and compensation had not been paid or possession not taken. The Bill exempts any period when a court has given a stay on the acquisition while computing the five year period. The Act deemed the head of a government department guilty for an offence by the department. The Bill removes this, and adds the requirement of prior sanction to prosecute a government employee. Key Issues and Analysis The five types of projects being exempt from the provisions of social impact assessment, restrictions...
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...requirements that a senior must meet the standards so they can get approval from Medicaid. Medicaid will pay for residential health care facility which is also called a nursing home. They will not pay for residential care group homes, also known as a Class “C” boarding home. Seniors are living longer and is segment of the population is called “baby boomers” and they are starting to enter the senior housing market. The baby boomers are a large population and will be receiving social security and pensions in large numbers. This group will need caregivers. Because of the strict Medicaid regulations and the cost of other living arrangements for seniors the boomers will be looking for affordable high quality supervised housing. The Fisher House is an excellent alternative for affordable living with great services. The business will do very well by advertising on the internet. They will be able to reach across states lines to seek out potential clients. At the same time, the internet will be able give potential clients a tour without them leaving their home. They will be able to apply online for housing, obtain information about fees and services. Based on the application, they will know if they pre-approved within...
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...THE ELDERLY NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES TAKE ACTION NOW! Thanks to your advocacy we have achieved a preliminary victory on 2016 funding for senior housing and services programs. Now we have to make sure these essential services get the funding increases they need. For the last several months, we have advocated for Congress to lift the spending caps that threatened severe cuts in housing and home- and community-based services. Late last month Congress passed a budget measure to do just that. But we still have to make sure that senior housing and services get the fair share of extra money this new budget allows. THIS IS HOW YOU CAN HELP: Contact your lawmakers and tell them it is crucial that essential services for the aging get appropriations increases. Talking Points * Sufficient funding is needed to cover the cost of renewing all existing rental assistance subsidy contracts for senior housing, including vouchers and project-based Section 8, project-based rental assistance (PRAC) under Section 202, and senior preservation rental assistance (SPRAC). * Full funding for the annual contracts is necessary in order to maintain the existing housing stock and prevent displacement of seniors or put scarce housing at risk. * These programs affect over 100,000 senior households. The typical Section 202 resident has an income of less than $11,000 per year, and needs assistance with housing and services in order to safely age in place...
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...The Section 8 program is also known as the Housing Choice Voucher Program. The program is a Federal Government housing or rent assistance program. It provides different forms of housing assistance to low income renters and even homeowners. The main people who receive this assistance are low income individuals or families who are living in poverty, the elderly, and the disabled. This program helps families to afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing. This can be single-family homes, townhouses, and apartments. The families that qualify for the assistance it pays the monthly rental fee for the homes and apartments that are located anywhere. There are many public housing agencies that certify the tenants and the people who participate in the...
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...countries or economies that have housing policies or measures to stabilize the housing markets. Provide your views or suggestions on the best measure to stabilize the housing markets that could be considered or used in Melbourne. In 2013, Melbourne’s population was 4.3 million. By the year 2030 Melbourne’s population is set to reach 6 million and by 2051 the population will jump to 7.8 million. With population growth of this magnitude the demand on housing will undoubtedly increase. In 2014, in his opening remarks at the Bundesbank/German Research Foundation/IMF Conference, Mr Min Zhu, Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated remarked: “Housing booms have different characteristics across countries and time periods. What is common is that when the bust comes, it very often damages financial stability and the real economy. The tools for containing housing booms are still being developed. The evidence on their effectiveness is only just starting to accumulate. The interactions of various policy tools can be complex. But all this should not be an excuse for inaction. The interlocking use of multiple tools might overcome the shortcomings of any single policy tool.” Indeed, as there are no magic bullets to ensure a stable housing market, it is prudent to therefore to review differing policies that are currently used by other countries to help stabilize their housing markets. In the paragraphs bellows are housing market policy examples or measures...
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...opportunities for the community. I do think that Orange County has an obligation to provide affordable living to its residents. Orange County also has the ability to support SunCal plans at a different location. I also think that Orange County should protect Disney’s interests in the resort districts especially since Disney continues to be the biggest contributor to the area’s development. Further research reveals that Orange County has resources that can address this issue like Orange County Housing Authority, The Fair Housing Council of Orange County and the HUD program. Retrieved from http://ochousing.org/ I don’t think Disney has an obligation to provide nearby affordable housing for its employees but it may be in Disney’s best interest to consider being part of the solution. Disney’s employees posses a significant salience because they are a major part of the Disney experience that the tourists look for. In an ever changing business environment, talents are hard to find and job market can become competitive and in Disney’s case their end product is to give the tourist the magical experience, so by attempting to help the city provide some solutions to affordable housing, Disney will ensure longevity, loyalty as well as increase productivity from their employees. If I was the CEO of Disney I would collaborate with the Orange County Community Service division to help find affordable housing solutions that will ensure the satisfaction of Disney’s employees and reflect Disney’s...
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...the same interest to make money for their company. The main focal company in this debate is SunCal, while Disney is considered a company, they are looked at as a stakeholder because stakeholder refers to a person or group that is affected by an organization’s decision or operations (Lawrence & Weber 2011), while at the current time (with no housing being built yet) Disney is merely a nonmarket stakeholders. This of course could change if housing is built and Disney and Suncal, now operating inside of the resort area, are conducting business with each other. Do to the fact that no houses were built all parties involved are considered nonmarket stakeholders to SunCal. These nonmarket stakeholders are Disney employees who stand to gain from the subsidized lower income housing. The city of Anaheim, who’s choice to change the zoning of the resort area to allow for personal family dwellings or can choose to deny the request. As well as other companies in the resort area who would lose building space as a result of the housing development. All of these current nonmarket stakeholders could change to market stakeholders if this housing track is built. A market stakeholder differs from a nonmarket stakeholder in that the market stakeholder is not just affected by the company’s actions, but are engaged in economic trade with a company (Lawrence & Weber 2011). I think that it should be pointed out that Disney was not...
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...decision pertaining to product may relay to: * Product attributes * Product mix * Branding * Product Support service Beginning from the customers to the sellers to the realtors and investors, each one of us is plunging for quality homes within your reach. Unitech, the largest real estate company not only in term of revenue but also earning, market capitalization and developable area. Quality Unitech offers quality Products to its customers even at affordable price. Variety Its key business is the expansion of residential, commercial and retail properties which also includes flyovers, highways and airports, schools, hotels, transmission lines, entertainment projects, amusement parks and SEZs. Design Design is nothing but ‘How the product looks and how you feel about that’. Unitech design its product keeping in mind not only the quality but also make use of an innovative design to attract the buyers towards it. It also provides architectural and engineering design particularly for affordable housing customers. Brand Name Unitech got the title of ‘Super brand’ by the Super Brands India in 2008.’ It also won the award for being among India’s top ten builders. Facilities Unitech designs its products’ keeping in mind the needs and preferences of the buyers and provides them with the best of the facilities: * Gymnasium * Swimming pool * 24*7 power back-up * 3-tier 24*7 security facility * Tennis and Badminton Court * Jogging and Walking...
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...Christopher Cordon Sociology 142 Friday 4- 4:50 P.M. 04-12-16 USC Village: What’s the Cost? Jack hammers, dump trucks, construction cranes and safety cones; all in a days work at USC’s new university village. We’ve all been somewhat affected by the recent demolition and construction in and around USC. Along with all the construction going on, traffic jams, detours as well as some of the noise going on, students such as myself aren’t the only ones affected. As beautiful and appealing as these renovations might seem, the price of a new beautiful new village does come at a cost to the residents, businesses and employees of the surrounding community. I was a member of this community as a young kid. I went to Vermont Ave. elementary just down the street form USC, and growing up, I did see a few changes here and there. Back in the early 90’s, the neighborhood had a completely different feel to it. There were gangs, drugs, and violence; typical for a South Los Angeles neighborhood. Over the years, USC’s presence started to change a few things. As students began to trickle over to the northwest neighborhoods, the tone of the neighborhood slowly changed. I was in elementary, so I didn’t really make much of it, only that a few of my friends from my block began moving away. As an 8 year old, you don’t really put two and two together until I started noticing the same thing in my new neighborhood in East Hollywood. Since it wasn’t a college neighborhood, there wasn’t a diverse group...
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