- Author
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Colwell, P. F.
- Title
- Economic Analysis of Residential Abandonment and Rehabilitation.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBSIR 76-1043
May 1976
102 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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housing
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economics
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rehabilitation
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abandonment
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market adjustments
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conservation
- Abstract
- This paper is an analysis of market and governmental factors shich lead to socially inefficient rehabilitation and abandonment decisions. Its purpose is to abstract from complex problems related to the rehabilitation and abandonment of residential buildings by identifying the essential characteristics of the problems and the role some past and existing social programs have had on aggrevating or mitigating these problems. Alternative programs are analyzed for their potential effects on these problems, however policy recommendations are not made.