The Low Income Housing Crisis in America

Paper Summary:

Throughout the nation, America's poor are facing a serious housing shortage. Not only are there too few housing units available for those below the poverty line, the housing that is available is often out of the price range of those that need it. This paper presents a research proposal aimed at determining what can be done to help low income families have affordable and accessible housing. The writer presents the current issue, a literature review about the problem, a methodology section in which a research method is recommended, and a conclusion.

Outline:
Introduction
Background of Problem
Methodology
Questionnaire
Structured Interview
Population (Sampling)

From the Paper:

"There are many factors that contribute to the problem according to experts, including lack of land, lack of funding and lack of public support, but in the meantime low income or poverty level families scramble to figure out where to go or how to live. The cost of not providing affordable, accessible housing to low income families impacts taxpayers across the county in the way of providing shelters, children not getting educations, children being taken into publicly funded foster care when parents can no longer provide for them and health costs for family members who are battling the elements without a place to live. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Garcia, Shelly (2003) Housing dilemma: Luxury, affordable residents seek units: City Falls short in meeting lower-income needs. San Fernando Valley Business Journal
• Jordan, George (1999) Appraising the assets of low-income housing tax credit properties. Appraisal Journal
• Maher, Lindsay (2000) Coming Home: Creating Affordable Assisted Living for Low-Income Seniors. Social Policy Journal
• Palm, Kristin (2005) Affordable housing in a unaffordable region: forty percent of Bay Area renters pay at least 30 percent of their income for rent.(Planning Practice) Planning
• Showers, Sean (2005) The low-income housing credit--program expansion and investment opportunities: the low-income housing credit reduces developers' and investors' tax liabilities and raises the standard of living for low-income households. This article explains how the credit works and the investment opportunity it offers. The Tax Adviser

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