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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220107103321

Titolo

Rebuilding housing along the Mississippi Coast : ideas for ensuring an adequate supply of affordable housing / / Mark A. Bernstein ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Corporation, 2006

ISBN

0-8330-4111-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (92 p.)

Collana

Occasional paper ; ; OP-162-RC

Altri autori (Persone)

BernsteinMark (Mark A.)

Disciplina

363.509762/1

Soggetti

Low-income housing - Government policy - Mississippi - Delta (Region)

Hurricane Katrina, 2005

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"RAND Gulf States Policy Institute."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-71).

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE- Introduction; Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath; Governor's Commission for Recovery, Reconstruction, Renewal; RAND's Role; RAND's Approach; Report Outline; CHAPTER TWO- Affordable Housing and Lessons Learned from Other Natural Disasters; What Is Affordable Housing?; Lessons About Affordable Housing from Other Natural Disasters; CHAPTER THREE- Affordable Housing in Coastal Mississippi Before and After Katrina; Overview of Indicators, Data, Measures, and Models

Pre-Katrina Household and Housing CharacteristicsEstimate of Surge and Flood Damage Exposures of Households; Estimates of Damage Levels for Biloxi; Conclusions; CHAPTER FOUR- Options for Enhancing the Supply and Quality of Affordable Housing; Options to Inform and Oversee Long-Term Policy Solutions; Options to Increase the Supply and Affordability of Housing in the NearTerm and Long Term; Options to Encourage Safe and Healthy Affordable Housing; Options to Increase Long-Term Affordability Through Lower Life-Cycle Costs; Options to Promote Local Involvement

CHAPTER FIVE- Summary and ConclusionsAPPENDIX- Details of the GIS Analysis; References

Sommario/riassunto

Identifies policy and implementation options that could help Mississippi communities address affordable-housing issues, considering



challenges in providing such housing and strategies for dealing with those challenges.