- Author
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McFarland, M. C.
- Title
- Government-Supported Residential Rehabilitation. Final Report.
- Coporate
- McFarland (M. Carter), Falls Church, VA
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
-
NBS GCR 77-87,
June 1977,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- NBS-S-315688-73
- Keywords
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houses; rehabilitation; federal assistance programs; urban renewal; building codes; law enforcement; projects; residential buildings; renovating; surveys; resources; economic development; conservation; standards
- Identifiers
- dilapidated dwellings; remodeling
- Abstract
- The NBS is developing new research to determine how best to remodel and rehabilitate existing buildings as a way of conserving the Nation's resources. As background information, this report discusses the three major programs in residential rehabilitation which HUD has conducted in the past. The programs, whose needs, history, examples, and outcomes are discussed, are urban renewal rehabilitation, concentrated code enforcement, and project rehabilitation. The author was an economist at HUD when these programs were conceived and carried out, and was involved with them either directly or indirectly.