Barriers To Rehab Of Affordable Housing

12 January 2002 - 6:00am

Rehabilitation of aging housing is a major resource for meeting the Nation's affordable housing needs.

Barriers to the Rehabilitation of Affordable Housing, Volume I: Findings and Analysis and Volume II: Case Studies, the result of a cooperative research agreement between HUD and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, examine the major barriers to housing rehabilitation... Rehabilitation of affordable housing, which involves existing, older buildings, is generally less predictable and more challenging than new construction.

Source: HUD News, January 6, 2002
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