M. Bruce Johnson
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 456
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"Across the United States, and particularly in California, the problems of housing costs and availability have never been so acute: home ownership has become virtually inaccessible to the average person; construction costs are high and rising; housing units are in short supply; rental rates have skyrocketed; local public services are in jeopardy with government finances in disarray; and government restrictions increasingly prevent real estate growth. ; Resolving the Housing Crisis is a comprehensive treatment of the increasingly serious problems in housing and construction. Assembling the work of eighteen economists and other scholars, this volume analyzes the underlying contributing factors to the crisis, the responses in land use, housing, and construction policies, and the interaction between the crisis and the legal status of property rights. As a result of this assessment, the authors argue for substantial regulatory housing and land use reforms"--Jacket.