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Rural Housing and Code Enforcement: Navigating Between Values and Housing Types

Ezra Rosser
American University - Washington College of Law

Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy, Vol. 13, p. 33, 2006

Abstract:
This paper focuses on the relationship between rural housing and building codes. The paper covers the relationship between the existing urban based literature on housing conditions and the rural housing situation as well as a theoretical exploration of different ways of understanding value in housing. Finally, two rural case studies - the Navajo Nation and a small Colorado subdivision - illustrate the challenges of rural housing code enforcement and demonstrate how officials could benefit from the model.

Keywords: Rural, Housing, Building Codes, Warranty of Habitability, Indian, Reservation, Rural Poor

JEL Classifications: I3, K00, K12, O19, R15, R22, R32

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Date posted: November 07, 2005 ; Last revised: January 28, 2007

Suggested Citation

Rosser, Ezra, Rural Housing and Code Enforcement: Navigating Between Values and Housing Types. Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy, Vol. 13, p. 33, 2006. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=842584

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Ezra Rosser (Contact Author)

American University - Washington College of Law ( email )

4801 Massachusettes Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20016
United States

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