Rental Housing Denise Brosquale Summary

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DiPasquale, Denise. “Rental Housing: Current Market Conditions and the Role of Federal Policy.” Cityscape Vol. 13, No. 2, US Department of Housing and Urban Development (2011): 57-70.
Denise Dipasquale’s article opens up with an introduction to the condition of America’s housing market. She explains that the rental housing market was put into a difficult situation along with the foreclosure crisis. Denise Dipasquale highlights some of the hardships faced by the rental housing market, such as rising vacancy rates and lower renter income. She argues that “the largest issue facing rental housing is the credit crisis and its implications for the multifamily mortgage market” (65). To support her argument, Dipasquale uses government

studies and other journal articles.

Downs, Anthony. “The Impact of Housing Policies on Family Life in the United States since World War II.” Daedalus Vol. 106, No. 2, MIT Press (Spring 1977): 163-180.
In his article, Anthony Downs argues against myths he believes to be widely accepted about the effectiveness of housing and urban policy. Downs believes that although the policies had costs that affected those who did not receive the benefits, the housing policies cannot be considered a failure. He also believes, contrary to the beliefs of those profiting from the policies, that it is not entirely the fault of the urban poor for their poverty. Downs emphasizes that creating one single housing plan is impossible. To support his arguments, Anthony Downs uses census data, housing surveys, and other journal articles.

Dwyer, Rachel E. “Cohort Succession in the US Housing Market: New Houses, the Baby Boom, and Income Stratification.” Population Research and Policy Review Vol. 27, No. 2, Springer (April 2008): 161-181.
This article focuses on changes in the housing stock in the postwar period. Rachel Dwyer argues that the change to larger houses with more amenities changed the buyers to more affluent families creating and inequality among the buyers. She relates this transition to structural changes, both taking place around 1980. Rachel Dwyer uses books, including “Picture Windows: How the Suburbs Happened” by Braxandall and Ewen, other articles, and census data to support her argument.

Jackson, Kenneth T. “Federal Subsidy and the Suburban Dream: The First Quarter-Century of Government Intervention in the Housing Market.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. Vol. 50, The Historical Society of Washington, D.C. (1980): 421-451.
Kenneth Jackson’s article tells of the steps the American government took to avoid government housing by enacting programs to help poorer families achieve home ownership. Jackson argues that while programs such as the Federal Housing Administration and the Veterans Administration were effective in helping families achieve home ownership, they caused a decay in inner-city neighborhoods (428). Kenneth Jackson uses other journal articles, court rulings, FHA reports and other government reports to support his argument.

Larco, Nico. “Suburbia Shifted: Overlooked Trends and Opportunities in Suburban Multifamily Housing.” Journal of Architectural and Planning Research Vol. 27, No. 1, Locke Science Publishing Company, Inc. (Spring 2010): 69-87.
In his article, Nico Larco argues that multifamily suburban housing is a growing trend worthy of recognition, especially from policy makers. Larco notes that suburban multifamily housing has experienced more growth than suburban single-family housing from 1970 to 2005. Because of its growth, Larco asserts that opposition to multifamily housing must come to an end. To support his argument, Larco uses books, other journal articles, and census data.

Margo, Robert A. “The Rental Price of Housing in New York City, 1830-1860.” The Journal of Economic History Vol. 56, No. 3, Cambridge University Press (September 1996): 605-625.
In his article, Robert Margo attempts to draw his argument from a way he thinks has never been done before: by using advertisements to estimate the rental costs in antebellum New York. He argues that the advertisements are an effective way of assessing the rental prices. These advertisements give him insight on how location affects rental prices. Margo is also able to determine an increase in rental price relative to other goods through the use of the advertisements. In addition to the advertisements, Robert Margo uses statistics and other journal articles to support his argument.

Mohl, Raymond A. “Race and Housing in the Postwar City: An Explosive History.” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society Vol. 94, No. 1, University of Illinois Press (Spring 2001): 8-30.
Raymond Mohl’s article is about how race impacted the housing market during America’s postwar period.

His argument is that racial tensions and discriminatory practices kept blacks and whites separated. Mohl highlights the national phenomenon of whites moving to suburbs and blacks moving to cities. He also mentions that most cities had a housing market for blacks and a housing market for whites. In the second half of the article, he argues that an attempt to cross the race line by blacks was often met with violence. To support his arguments, Raymond Mohl uses other journal articles and statistics on housing and

violence.

Mohl, Raymond A. “Whitening Miami: Race, Housing, and Government Policy in Twentieth-Century Dade County.” The Florida Historical Quarterly Vol. 79, No. 3, Florida Historical Society (Winter 2001): 319-345.
In his article, Raymond Mohl argues that federal policy regarding public housing encouraged residential segregation, and whites were willing to use it to their advantage.

Mohl found that federal officials were not willing to challenge local customs and laws, leaving black housing projects in black neighborhoods and white housing projects in white neighborhoods. The white leaders of Dade County were planning on moving a black neighborhood to expand the business district. Although the plans were never sought through, Mohl feels this is important because it gives insight into future policies of Dade County. Raymond Mohl uses Miami newspapers, other journal articles, and Dade County records to support his argument.

Reassessing Rent Control: Its Economic Impact in a Gentrifying Housing Market. (1988). Harvard Law Review, Vol. 101, No. 8, Harvard Law Review Association (June 1988): 1835-1855.
The author of Reassessing Rent Control focuses on the gentrification of the housing market and argues against the common claim that rent control is inefficient and counterproductive. To support his claim, he first describes gentrification and its effect on the housing market. Then he proposes elements to make an effective rent control ordinance. Lastly, he supports his proposal by describing how it will operate in a gentrifying market. The author uses other journal articles, books, and housing studies to support his

claim.

Wiese, Andrew. “Black Housing, White Finance: African American Housing and Home Ownership in Evanston, Illinois, before 1940.” Journal of Social History Vol. 33, No. 2, Oxford University Press (Winter 1999): 429-460.
Noting the lack of information available on black suburbanization before World War II, Andrew Wiese argues that black suburbanites were important to the Great Migration. To support his argument, Wiese does a case study of Evanston, Illinois. This suburb, according to Wiese, experienced its black population growth due to racial segregation and that fact that elite whites were willing to help black suburbanization so long as they stay segregated. Andrew Wiese uses other journal articles, books, and census data to support his argument.