Rental housing [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from international experience and policies for emerging markets / / Ira Gary Peppercorn and Claude Taffin

• Autore: Peppercorn Ira Gary
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.33/8
• Soggetto topico: Rental housing - Developing countries; Housing policy - Developing countries
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: TaffinClaude
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: C1; C2; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; What This Book Will Do; Rationale for Developing Rental Housing; Tables; Table 1.1 Housing Tenure, Selected Countries and Cities; Note; References; Chapter 2 The Rental Market and Its Players; Abstract; Introduction; The Owners: Understanding the Potential Supply; Boxes; Box 2.1 Real Estate Investment Trusts; The Tenants: Understanding the Potential Demand; Table 2.1 Kenya and Senegal: Demographics and Income, Owner-Occupiers and Tenants; Financial Issues ; Box 2.2 Investment Property DatabankFigures; Figure B2.2.1 IDP Global Annual Property Index, 2010; Table 2.2 Mexico: Distribution of Households by Type of Employment and Income Level; Alternative Tenure Forms; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Legal, Tax, and Financial Issues; Abstract; Legal Issues; Figure 3.1 England: Privately Renting Households; Table 3.1 European Union: Private Rent Setting, Main Options; Box 3.1 Arab Republic of Egypt: Rent Decontrol in Midstream; Tax Issues; Box 3.2 Morocco: Revision of Legal Status of Rental; Table 3.2 Taxes on Private Rental Housing, Selected Countries ; Financing: The Role of CreditBox 3.3 United States: FHA's Multifamily Insurance Program; Box 3.4 Europe: Diversity of Social Housing Finance; Subsidies; Box 3.5 United States: Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program; Figure 3.2 Poland: Finance Plan for TBS Programs; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Recommendations and Conclusion; Abstract; Introduction; Assessment of the Rental Sector; Legal and Contractual Framework; Tax Issues; Box 4.1 Quebec (Canada): The Regie du logement; Finance; Subsidies; Reference; Chapter 5 Country Experiences; Brazil ; Table 5.1 Brazil: Occupancy Types by Household, 2001 and 2009Box 5.1 Brazil: From Residential Leasing to "My House, My Life"; China; Figure 5.1 China: Tenure Distribution; Table 5.2 China: Taxation of Urban Property; Czech Republic; France; Figure 5.2 France: Distribution of Rental Stock by Type of Owner, 2009; Germany; Figure 5.3 Germany: Distribution of Rental Housing Stock by Type of Landlord; Republic of Korea; Figure 5.4 Republic of Korea: Supply of New Housing by Sector; Table 5.3 Republic of Korea: Households by Tenure, 1980-2010 ; Table 5.4 Republic of Korea: Rent-to-Income Ratio by Income Group and RegionMexico; Table 5.5 Mexico: Distribution of Households by Type of Employment and Income Level; Table 5.6 Mexico: Distribution of Households by Tenure and Income Level; Poland; Russian Federation; Singapore; Table 5.7 Singapore: Key Housing Sector Indicators; Table 5.8 Singapore: Annual Average Rate of Change in Housing Prices and Rents; Figure 5.5 Singapore: Rate of Change in Housing Prices and Rents; Thailand; Table 5.9 Thailand: Housing Characteristics, National and Bangkok ; Table 5.10 Thailand: Main Residence by Tenure
• Sommario/riassunto: The vast majority of rental housing around the world is unsubsidized and in private hands. Everywhere there are great needs for safe, decent, and affordable housing at the lowest income levels. A few countries-mostly developed ones-have a sizable social rental sector, yet even here the demand cannot be met and there are often long waiting lists for subsidized housing in the main cities. In most emerging economies, the only affordable rentals available are in the informal sector, with poor housing conditions and little security of tenure.This book is an effort to bring rental housing to the for
• Titolo autorizzato: Rental housing
• ISBN: 0-8213-9798-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463217403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). . -Finance.