Environmental Regulations and Housing Costs

by Jonathan Logan, Joseph M. Schilling, James M. McElfish, et al.

Book Overview

Many communities across the nation still lack affordable housing. And many officials continue to claim that "affordable housing" is an oxymoron. Building inexpensively is impossible, they say, because there are too many regulations. Required environmental impact statements and habitat protection laws, they contend, drive up the costs of construction. But is this actually true? In a comprehensive study of the question, the authors of this eye-opening...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597265608
• ISBN13: 9781597265607
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"