Download or read book Developing a local housing strategy written by United States Conference of Mayors and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guidebook is written to assist local government officials in coping with the Community Development Block Grant program , in particular with its requirement that communities must develop a formal Housing Assistance Plan. To do so , the community has to determine its future housing needs and figure out ways to meet them--an appropriate procedure even if a community happens not to be seeking federal grants. In describing how to develop a housing strategy appropriate to all segments of the local population , the guide moves clearly, in a step-by-step way, from a discussion of the basic structure of the housing market to an analysis of goal-setting, always reminding the reader that a housing strategy can hardly be successful unless it is related to population, to jobs, and to economic development. We recommend the guide not only for its thoroughness and clarity but for its insistence on balance and informed decision-making.