Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1. Nonprofit Housing: Theory, Research, and Policy C. Theodore Koebel Part I: Theory Chapter 2. The Theory of the Nonprofit Sector in Housing Richard Steinberg Chapter 3. Public-Private Partnerships for Affordable Housing: Definitions and Applications in an International Perspective C. Theodore Koebel, Richard Steinberg, and Robert Dyck Chapter 4. Beyond the Theory of Comparative Advantage: Political Imperatives of the Government-Nonprofit Relationship Bishwapriya Sanyal Part II: Research Chapter 5. Philanthropy and the Housing Crisis: Dilemmas of Private Charity and Public Policy in the United States Peter Dreier Chapter 6. Nonprofit Developers and Managers: The Evolution of their Role in U.S. Housing Policy Rachel G. Bratt Chapter 7. The Development of the Social Rental Sector in Western Europe in Relation to Housing Policy Peter J. Boelhouwer and Harry M. H. van der Heijden Chapter 8. Do Community Development Corporations Live Up to their Billing? A Review and Critique of the Research Findings William M. Rohe Chapter 9. Nonprofit Housing: A Study of Costs and Funding Scott Hebert and James Wallace Chapter 10. The Tortuous Path of Nonprofit Development C. Theodore Koebel Part III: Policy Chapter 11. Restructuring the Nonprofit Sector: On Lessons Learned from American and European Experience Robert B. Whittlesey Chapter 12. Responding to the Crisis in Nonprofit Housing C. Theodore Koebel Contributors Index

About the Author

C. Theodore Koebel is Director of the Center for Housing Research and Associate Professor of Housing and Urban Planning at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is the author of Urban Redevelopment, Displacement, and the Future of the American City and coauthor of The Virginia Housing Atlas: Housing Trends and Patterns to 1990.