The Empty House Next Door : Understanding and Reducing Vacancy and Hypervacancy in the United States.

Intro -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Chaper 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Defining the Vacant Property Universe -- The Role of Residential Vacancies in the Housing Market -- Other Types of Vacancies: Commerical, Industrial, and Lots -- The Difficulty of Measuring Vacant Properties -- Chapter 3: Why Are Vacant and Abandoned Properties A Problem? -- Effects of Abandoned Properties on Communities -- Fiscal Impacts of Abandoned Properties -- Chapter 4: The National Context -- Urban and Rural Vacancy -- Variation Between Cities -- Chapter 5: The Challenge of Concentrated Vacancy -- Hypervacancy in American Cities -- Hypervacancy Trends and Distribution -- Chapter 6: Responding to the Challenge of Concentrated Vacancy -- Public and Nonprofit Action to Revive the Market -- Demolition as a Strategy -- Green Reuses for Vacant Land -- Chapter 7: Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- About the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy -- About the Center for Community Progress -- Ordering Information.

Renowned city planner and housing advocate Alan Mallach presents effective strategiesfor community leaders, local officials, and nonprofits contending with vacant propertiesin the United States. Examples illustrate creative ways to reduce the harm caused byvacant properties, jump-start housing markets in struggling neighborhoods, create thepotential for future revival, and transform vacant properties into community assets.

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