A New Model for Housing Finance: Public and Private Sectors Working Together to Build Affordability

By Brand : Murtaza Baxamusa

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Housing has become increasingly unaffordable for too many Americans. Its steep cost and staggering unaffordability is a key contributor to the new urban crisis that grips many cities in the United States and across the world. Murtaza Baxamusa provides a detailed diagnosis of the problem and outlines a broad framework for a new model housing finance and of housing policy that can lead toward more affordable housing for all.
Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class and The New Urban Crisis
Baxamusa has written an insightful and penetrating analysis of one of the major issues facing urban America today the dire lack of affordable housing and how this issue can be addressed. This is a key book and essential reading for the general public, policymakers, and researchers.
Leland Saito, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Southern California
The housing question has returned with a vengeance. One major challenge is how can we develop new housing models for our current period. Murtaza Baxamusa helps us understand some of the key options and challenges. This is an important contribution to what is now a rapidly growing literature.