Rental Housing Assistance - the Worsening Crisis : A Report to Congress on Worst Case Housing Needs

Documents the continuing, growing crisis in housing affordability throughout the Nation. It contains important new information that is critical to ensuring an informed discussion regarding the appropriate Federal responses to this crisis. Chapters include: the policy context of this report; major & supplementary findings; policy implications; & 28 exhibits. Appendices include: data on housing problems & supplies of affordable housing; glossary; changes in the 1997 American Housing Survey & their impacts on estimates of worst case needs; & procedures used to estimate housing need & rental affordability from American Housing Survey data.Nelson, Kathryn P. is the author of 'Rental Housing Assistance - the Worsening Crisis : A Report to Congress on Worst Case Housing Needs', published 2000 under ISBN 9780756700317 and ISBN 0756700310.