An Examination of Four Housing Policies for New York City,

Abstract

Using Forrester's city model as a starting point, an economic model of the housing market of New York City was constructed incorporating metropolitan data on housing stock, rent levels, operating expenses and return on capital. Several possible housing policies were examined over a range of model parameters. Artificially restricting new housing construction and increasing slum housing demolition apparently will serve to drive the poor from the city by making adequate housing unavailable but, this action would seem to have little effect on upward mobility, the availability of jobs, or influx of labor population. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0766871

Entities

People

  • Kenneth Lloyd Rider

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Availability
  • Construction
  • Demolition
  • Economic Models
  • Mobility
  • New York

Readers

  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Industrial Economics
  • Systems Analysis and Design