The Characteristics and Unmet Housing Program Needs of Disabled HUD-Assisted Households

The mismatch between the housing needs of persons with a disability and the housing programs designed to accommodate those needs is an important housing policy concern. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sponsors several programs designed to improve the housing conditions of persons with a disability, but we know little about the characteristics of persons with a disability, among those receiving federal housing assistance, or the degree to which persons with a disability are served by HUD-sponsored housing programs that are designed to meet the needs of persons with a disability. Our study relies on administrative data from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau to address this research gap. We find that many persons with a disability are served by HUD-sponsored programs that are not designated for persons with a disability, even when disability accommodations have been requested, and a similarly large share of persons with a disability live in potentially eligible low-income households that do not receive HUD assistance.     

Fiscal Austerity and Rental Housing Policy in the United States and United Kingdom, 2010–2016

After the 2008 global financial crisis, both the United States and the United Kingdom introduced austerity policies targeted at particular elements of their national budgets. The purpose of this article is to compare the nature of this retrenchment; the similarities and differences in how it was implemented; and its initial impacts on one of the expenditure areas particularly affected: affordable rental housing programs and housing support for low-income households. Using a wide range of data sources, we find evidence of political and fiscal policy analogies in the timing and forms of the initial policy choices and how these were modified in the face of economic and political pressures. There are considerable similarities both in the instruments used to reduce housing expenditures and in the early impacts on support mechanisms and recipients. However, we find different histories and trajectories of support between the two countries that suggest that the longer term differences in outcomes may be more important.     

Temporary Loan Limits as a Natural Experiment in Federal Housing Administration Insurance

The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 dramatically but temporarily increased the mortgage loan amount eligible for insurance through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). We use the implementation and expiration of these loan limits as a source of exogenous variation in the availability of FHA insurance to measure the impact on the overall mortgage market and conventional lending. We find that the introduction of higher loan limits increased the number of loan originations, but that the expiration of those loan limits roughly 6 years later did not significantly decrease affected loan originations. The substitution between loan products and small net impact on the overall mortgage market when the ESA loan limits expired may be explained by the return of a stronger conventional lending industry than existed during the housing crisis.     

商品房认购书司法问题研究

商品房可谓日常交易中涉及的最为贵重的标的物，双方谨慎订立商品房认购书几乎成为商品房买卖中的必经程序。实务中，因房产市场价格波动及宏观调控政策等影响，认购书产生的纠纷层出不穷，因此商品房认购书性质及责任的研究对司法实践具有重要的意义。     

民生保障研究:论适足生活水准权保障与实现

适足生活水准权的实现遵从辅助性原则、国家义务、平等与非歧视原则。食物权、住房权与健康权构成了适足生活水准权最主要的具体权利形态,其实现标准主要有:有效、真实与可接受。适足生活水准权的保障与实现不是孤立的,是与其他人权,如财产权、工作权等,特别是公民权利与政治权利,密切相关。公民权利和政治权利的保障是实现适足生活水准权救济的有效方式。适足生活水准权的实现为呼声日高的民生保障研究提供了新视角。     

我国公共租赁住房制度的政策法律分析——基于公共租赁住房市场化的研究视角

大力发展公共租赁住房是我国解决住房保障问题的一项重要政策选择,但政府主导的公共租赁住房制度在实施过程中面临着资金来源、土地供应、建设运营、租金标准和执行监督等诸多困难。借鉴有关国家成功经验,从我国实际情况出发,稳步推进公共租赁住房的市场化改革理应成为完善我国公共租赁住房制度的新趋向,而完备的住房租赁补贴制度则是这一制度体系健康运行的关键与核心。为此,我们还需专业化公司、新型土地供应、政策支持等相关配套制度的及时跟进,以形成政府与社会良性互动的住房保障格局。     

我国保障性住房制度建设的进展、 问题与对策简

我国的保障性住房制度建设起步于上世纪90年代末,在2005年以后进入快速发展和不断完善阶段.建设保障性住房是弥补市场缺陷、减少社会矛盾、实现社会公平、促进社会和谐的重要战略举措之一,各级政府部门在其中扮演着重要角色,担负着重要职责.当前,我国在保障性住房制度建设方面还存在供需矛盾尖锐,法律体系建设滞后,配套政策成效有限,监管体制机制匮乏等问题.因此,充分发挥市场机制的主导作用,建立健全相关的法律法规体系,高度重视配套政策体系化建设,加快监管体制机制建设步伐,是进一步推进我国保障性住房制度建设的着力点.     

意义、价值与暴力性私力救济的发生——基于对行动的主观维度考察

人们的行动不是基于单纯的手段-目的理性,也不会完全受到结构性约束之摆布。通过对纳西族社会中发生的“殉情”历史事件、彝族的“死给”制度等个案考察,将表明暴力性私力救济的发生不仅和规则、资源、现有的纠纷解决机制等社会的客观维度有关联,它还与人们关于生活意义的思考、信仰和价值等主观方面有关系。人们的信仰、价值、意义追寻促成了暴力性私力救济。暴力性私力救济不能完全被消除,只能被限制和减少。但是,治理暴力性私力救济不能从强制改变人们的主观信念入手,只能着手于制度建构,消除引发暴力性私力救济客观因素。     

论我国住房保障立法的必要性和可行性

我国房改已历经近30年来，取得了重大成就，也存在明显的问题。我国住房保障立法具有必要性和可行性。就其必要性而言，住房保障是由本身的属性决定的；住宅权是人类基本人权，也是我国宪法规定的基本权利；住房保障立法有助于我国社会保障法律体系完善；同时也是我国房改以来政策法律化的必然要求。就其可行性而言，我国住房保障立法已具备了基本的理论依据、政策支持和现实基础。     

对贵阳市廉租房社区建设的思考

贵阳市“住有所居”行动计划实施三年来，廉租房建设力度不断加大，在此同时，带来的问题也日益凸显。一方面是廉租房建设制度的完善，如房源、融资渠道、退出机制、补贴形式、建设规模、租赁资格、租金标准等方面的问题；另一方面是廉租房社区的建设问题。目前，政府的关注多放在前者上。通过具体调查，文章提出了贵阳市廉租房社区建设的对策。