Kellner, Jessica.

Housing Reclaimed : sustainable homes for next to nothing. / txt Jessica Kellner. - xiv, 193 p. ill. ; 23 cm. book

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-186).

Contents:
Acknowledgments ix --
Introduction xi --
Part 1 : Handbuilt Homes --
1. All in the Family 3 --
2. A Brief History of Housing Finance 23 --
3. No – debt Newlywed Dream Home 31 --
4. The Economics of Reclaimed Houses 49 --
5. The Art of a Home 63 --
6. Building Basic 83 --
Part 2 : Institutionalizing Reuse --
7. A Tall Order in Texas 96 --
8 . Making Deconstruction the Standard Model 113 --
9. Building Hope 119 --
10. Filling un Urban Centers 137 --
11. Reclaiming the Inner City 141 --
12. Salvaging Smart Cities 155 --
Conclusion 163 --
Notes 165 --
Resource 169 --
Index 187 --
About the Author 193 --


9780865716964 9781550924930

2012397019


Housing--Finance.
Public housing finance.
Business and economics real estate general.
Ecological houses
Building materials.--Recycling.
House construction
Ecological houses--United States
Building materials.--United States
House construction--United States

HD7287.55 / K45 2011

333.33/82