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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Summary -- The Problem and its Setting -- 1. Historical Background -- 2. Strategies of Foreign Housing Allowance Systems -- Introduction -- Large Family Hardship Model -- Elderly Hardship Model -- Rent Harmonization Model -- Shelter-to-Income Model -- Tandem-New Construction Model -- Social Stability Model -- Labor Mobility Model -- Family Crisis Model -- Summary -- Building a Program -- 3. Defining Individual Housing Need: Dimensions of a Reasonable Housing Allowance System -- Introduction -- Shelter-to-Income Ratio (SIR) -- Household Income Ceiling -- Rent Ceiling -- Unaffordable Gap to Be Covered by Subsidy -- Summary -- 4. Qualifying Conditions for the Housing Allowance -- Physical Structure -- Eligible Households -- Tenure Qualifications -- Construction Date -- Residence Requirements -- Summary -- 5. Administrative Arrangements -- Enrollment -- Annual Recertification -- Form and Frequency of Payment -- Support Services -- Coordination and Integration of Housing Allowance Systems -- Administrative Costs -- Summary -- 6. Formulas for Calculating Housing Allowances -- Bridging the Gap-Some Theoretical Models -- Australia -- Austria -- Canada -- Denmark -- Federal Republic of Germany -- Finland -- France -- Netherlands -- Norway -- Sweden -- Switzerland (Basle Canton) -- United Kingdom -- United States -- Summary -- 7. Where's the Money Coming From? -- 8. Housing Allowances and National Housing Subsidy Policy: An Overview -- Assessment and Conclusions -- 9. Impact of Housing Allowances -- Physical Living Conditions -- Rent Burden -- Housing Allowance Strategies -- Public Housing -- Summary -- 10. Consumer Subsidy Approach Versus Producer Subsidy Approach -- Physical Living Conditions -- Rent Burden -- Housing Costs -- Equity Among Households

Since the beginning of history the wool of sheep has been used by the human race. Its chief use has been and still is for clothing. Also, it is widely used for blankets, upholstery, carpets, and numerous other products. The wool industry is important to the state of Utah, which was the sixth largest producing state in the United States in 1958. Wool growers in Utah received approximately $7,897,000 in sales proceeds and government payments for wool sold during the 1958 marketing year (12).1