Design family housing that only looks like it cost a fortune. Discover how America's most creative, resourceful builders and communities are solving affordable housing problems by applying the design and construction techniques detailed in Good Neighbors: Affordable Family Housing by Tome Jones, William Pettus, and Michael Pyotok. Filled with real-life examples ranging from small towns to inner-city locations, this hands-on resource gives you a brief history of affordable housing in the USA and shows you how to develop these units with a mix of government and private financing, you get revealing profiles of people who live in affordable housing. . .essential data on the factors that influence affordable housing design. . .and dozens of illustrated case studies of developments from coast to coast. The book showcases the work of William Tawn Associates, Cooper Robertson Partners, Marquis Associates, Solomon, Inc. and other innovative firms.
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This book provides an excellent summary of the architecture of affordable housing and the best way to design and develop it. It is particularly useful for architects, planners, city staff and developers interested in improving their communities.
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This book is an indespensable tool for the community design professional - don't leave home without it! Hundreds of color photos of well-designed multi-family housing in 85 case studies from around the US.
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Affordable family housing is developed for families with some form of government assistance to insure that housing costs do not consume too much of that family's income. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Other Costs, Total Development Cost, Units Size, Land Cost, San Francisco, New York, Landscape Architect, Santa Monica, Crawford Square, Michael Pyatok, Los Angeles, San Jose, West Town, South End, Southside Park, Tent City, Parkside Gables, The Farm, Cascade Court, Langham Court, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Ninth Square, Roxbury Corners, Daybreak Grove, Field Street New!
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Affordable family housing is developed for families with some form of government assistance to insure that housing costs do not consume too much of that family's income. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Other Costs, Total Development Cost, Units Size, Land Cost, San Francisco, New York, Landscape Architect, Santa Monica, Crawford Square, Michael Pyatok, Los Angeles, San Jose, West Town, South End, Southside Park, Tent City, Parkside Gables, The Farm, Cascade Court, Langham Court, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Ninth Square, Roxbury Corners, Daybreak Grove, Field Street New!
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- San Francisco, California on 6 pages
- Ventura County by Automobile Club of Southern California on page 115, and page 116
- Charleston, South Carolina by Trakker Maps Inc in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Total Development by K. J. Charles on page 72
- San Antonio (A Downtown America Book) by Sally Lee in Back Matter
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- Redesigning the American Dream: Gender, Housing, and Family Life by Dolores Hayden in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Architectural Design Portable Handbook by Andy Pressman in Back Matter
- Integral Urbanism by Nan Ellin in Back Matter
- Good Deeds, Good Design: Community Service Through Architecture by Bryan Bell on page 50
- Planning for Sustainability: Creating Livable, Equitable and Ecological Communities by Stephen M Wheeler in Back Matter
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