Keeping to the Marketplace

by John C. Bacher

Some social housing was developed as a result of the 1949 National Housing Act (NHA) amendments but this program remained marginalized for many years as government policy favoured shelter provision by private entrepreneurs. While the 1973 amendments to the NHA set the stage for a vigorous "comprehensive" housing policy, these measures were short-lived. In 1978 federal termination of land banking and transfer of financial responsibilities for housing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773509844
• ISBN13: 9780773509849
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 344 Pages