The Successes and Failures of Federal Housing Policy.

Downs, Anthony

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ERIC Number: EJ090428

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Publication Date: 1974

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The Successes and Failures of Federal Housing Policy

Downs, Anthony

Public Interest, 34, 124-145, W 74

Assesses the effectiveness of federal housing-related policies in the 1960's and early 1970's, discussing in detail the "trickle-down" process that dominates American urban development and the periods in which housing had first a low priority, and then a high priority. (JM)

Descriptors: Federal Programs, Financial Policy, Government Role, Housing, Housing Needs, Policy Formation, Program Evaluation, Public Policy, Residential Patterns, Urbanization

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