MICHAEL H. LANG is the Chair of the Department of Urban Studies and Community Development and Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Public Policy at Rutgers University. The author of Gentrification Amid Urban Decline, he has also published numerous articles on low-cost housing.

• Preface Introduction Understanding Homelessness Homelessness, Past and Present Homelessness and Unemployment: Theoretical Aspects The Urban Policy Context The Urban Policy Process Urban Housing Policy Policy Initiatives to Produce Low Cost Housing Low Cost Housing Initiatives Fair Share/Balanced Housing Initiatives Policy Initiatives to Assist the Homeless Policies and Programs to Alleviate Homelessness Local Shelter Policy: A Case Study Real Policy Reform--The Impossible Dream? Toward a National Right to Housing Summary and Conclusions: Towards a Policy of Balanced Community Development Bibliography Index

MICHAEL H. LANG is the Chair of the Department of Urban Studies and Community Development and Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Public Policy at Rutgers University. The author of Gentrification Amid Urban Decline, he has also published numerous articles on low-cost housing.

• Preface Introduction Understanding Homelessness Homelessness, Past and Present Homelessness and Unemployment: Theoretical Aspects The Urban Policy Context The Urban Policy Process Urban Housing Policy Policy Initiatives to Produce Low Cost Housing Low Cost Housing Initiatives Fair Share/Balanced Housing Initiatives Policy Initiatives to Assist the Homeless Policies and Programs to Alleviate Homelessness Local Shelter Policy: A Case Study Real Policy Reform--The Impossible Dream? Toward a National Right to Housing Summary and Conclusions: Towards a Policy of Balanced Community Development Bibliography Index