Volume 2 Issue 2

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Fannie Mae Annual Housing Conference, April 3 and 4, 1990

Preserving Low-Income Housing Opportunities: Principles for a 1990s Housing Strategy

Session 1: Federal Low-Income Housing Policy: From the New Deal to the New Realities

Introduction
By Roger S. Starr
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Private Market Provision of Low-Income Housing: Historical Perspectives and Future Prospects
By George Sternlieb and James W. Hughes
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Federal Housing Policy and Preservation: Historical Evolution, Patterns, and Implications
By David Listokin
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Preservation of Existing Housing: A Key Element in a Revitalized National Housing Policy
By William C. Apgar, Jr.
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Session 2: Magnitude of the Crisis: The Fiscal and Human Costs

Introduction
By Peggy Robinson
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Who Benefits from Preservation: The People Behind the Numbers
By James E. Wallace
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Estimating Mortgage Prepayments and Defaults in Order Federally Assisted Rental Housing and the Possible Costs of Preventing Them
By Carla I. Pedone
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Session 3: Estimating the Costs: Perspectives on Preservation of the Nation's Lower-Income Housing Stock

Introduction
By Kenneth R. Harney
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Tax and Direct Expenditures: Perspectives on Prepayment Proposals
By Anthony J. Blackburn
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Investors, Developers, and Supply-Side Subsidiaries: How Much is Enough?
By Karl E. Case
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The Excessive Costs of Creative Finance: Growing Inefficiencies in the Production of Low Income Housing
By Michael A. Stegman
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Section 4: Preservation Strategies in the Context of a National Housing Policy

Introduction
By Neal R. Peirce
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Preservation Policies in Perspective
By Raymond J. Struyk
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Preservation Actors - Past and Present: A Trip Through the Players: From 1960 to 2000 - and Beyond
By Robert W. Burchell
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Deciding How to Use Scarce Federal Housing Aid Funds
By Anthony Downs
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Supplementary Research Papers

State and Local Governments: New Initiatives in Low-Income Housing Preservation
By Mary K. Nenno
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Public Housing Authorities: Determining an Appropriate Role in a National Preservation Strategy
By Rachel G. Bratt
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Rural Rental Housing Preservation: The FmHA Experience
By Arthur M. Collings, Jr.
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