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HOUSING COUNSELING: TYPES, FUNDING AND SIGNIFICANCE -- HOUSING COUNSELING: TYPES, FUNDING AND SIGNIFICANCE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 HOUSING COUNSELING: BACKGROUND AND FEDERAL ROLE -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- What is Housing Counseling? -- What is the Goal of Housing Counseling? -- Who Receives Housing Counseling? -- Who Provides Housing Counseling? -- BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE LITERATUREON HOUSING COUNSELING EFFECTIVEN -- HUD'S HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM -- Brief History of HUD's Housing Counseling Assistance Program

The book will inform a wide audience about the provision of rented housing in several European countries. The material is relevant to many housing, surveying and planning undergraduate and postgraduate courses which have a European housing element/option

This working paper traces the evolution of social supports for housing since 2004, including local authority (LA) housing, housing provided by Approved Housing Bodies (AHB) and support for renting in the private sector through schemes administered by the local government sector (Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) and the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP)) and the Rent Supplement scheme operated by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. Given the increased use of the private sector to provide housing for low-income households, the paper draws on SILC data to examine changes between 2004 and 2015 in the quality of housing in different sectors, as measured by problems such as dampness, lack of central heating, lack of double glazing, insufficient light and noise. The main findings are: The overall percentage of housing that is socially supported increased during the recession to 17% from 13% in the boom years (2004-2007, mainly via increased use of Rent Supplement) but dropped back towards pre-recession levels by 2015 (about 15%).Growth in use of the private sector for socially-supported housing rose from 28% in the boom years to 42% during the recession before dropping back to 33% by 2016. Housing quality improved between 2004 and 2015, with a drop from 16% to 9% in the percentage of people living in dwellings with 2 or more of the five quality problems; The improvements were significantly greater for those living in rented than owned/mortgaged dwellings, though rented dwellings remained at a disadvantage in 2015; Improvements in quality in the rented sector were found across the income distribution.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of housing affordability under the economic reforms and social transformations in urban China. It also offers an overall review of the current government measures on the housing market and affordable housing policies in China. By introducing a dynamic affordability approach and residual income approach, the book allows us to capture the size of the affordability gap more accurately, to better identify policy targets, and to assess the effectiveness of current public policy. The unique database on urban household surveys and regional information on affordable housing projects serve to strengthen the analysis. The book offers theoretical and empirical insights for in-depth affordability studies and helps readers to understand the social impacts of market reforms and the role of government on the Chinese housing market.

This paper examines the shift in housing policy from public housing to welfare housing during the 1970's and the period of the Fraser government in particular. The period saw a series of new Commonwealth State Housing Agreements directed toward market pricing of public rental stock; at the same time Federal funds were declining, with marked effects on the public housing sector. The paper reflects on these trends and highlights certain contradictions in public housing policy.

His paper looks at the implications of a judicial review last July of four cases concerned with the eligibility of service charges for Housing Benefit funding. It explains why the NHF recommends that funding for tenancy support should remain part of the housing system rather than be moved to social services.