It is well accepted that criminal records impose collateral consequences on offenders. Generations of researchers have studied the obstacles offenders face when they apply for employment. More recently, researchers have also examined the effects of criminal records on access to public housing, student financial aid, welfare benefits, and voting rights. An axiom of these policies is that individ...

there is a consensus among housing experts and policy makers that there are not enough resources for government alone to address growing urban housing challenges in many developing countries. consequently, a paradigm shift from government provision to partnerships between the public and private sectors is advocated. this study examined the prospects and challenges of public-private partnerships...

p olicy makers in housing sector seeks to use instruments by which they can control volatility of housing price and prevent high disturbances of the bubble and price shocks, or at least, reduce them. in the portfolio and speculation theories, it is emphasized that speculative demand for housing is the main cause of shocks and price volatilities in the sector. the theory of housing price bubble ...

[naeini1]  housing is the third top factor in human life, after food and clothing in all communities. many variables are involved in determining housing prices and it is impossible to ignore housing feedback. one of the powerful tools to determine the impact of policies in this field is using system dynamics approach. according to this approach, the cause-and- effect diagram of factors affectin...

Nigeria has had several housing programmes and policies geared towards the provision of housing her citizens since colonial era to the post-colonial period. The Nigerian Government had always been directly involved in the provision of housing for the public servants and with the advent of the public-private partnership initiative, the low-income public servants’ acceptability of this new housin...

In 1871 an Act was passed by the Bengal Legislature regulating lodging-houses at Puri; it was expected that 3.168 houses would be licensed under the Act, but it appears that only 497 houses have up to this time been licensed, accommodating 14,463 of the 45.000 pilgrims sometimes assembled together at Puri. The Englishman argues, that, as the Government has lately ordered any tea-garden in which...

Gheel, the town of lunatics To the outsider Gheel is the town of lunatics. Here they go about freely, they can roam as they please, without any interference on the part of the public. The people of Gheel have a happy way of dealing with them and nobody objects to their presence. In fact they live and dwell with the families of Gheel, who take charge of them, as they give them board and lodging....