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Housing Research Resources is a selective bibliographic research guide to the UC Berkeley library and Internet social housing literature, both American and international. Included are basic research tools, historical sources, and strategies for finding needed materials. For additional assistance, please consult the Environmental Design Library reference staff.

UC Berkeley faculty, registered students, and staff who are off campus may use items marked UCB Only or UC Only by using the Library's off-campus access services.

Last updated: 17 June 2009 Conditions of Use

    Gateway Sites
  1. Housing information gateway  (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, Housing Information Center)  Provides information on and links to housing resources on the Internet. An "elaboration" of the Encyclopedia of housing.
    2. http://www.colorado.edu/plan/housing-info/
  2. Internet links for housers (Nat'l Low Income Housing Coalition) U.S. emphasis.
    3. http://www.nlihc.org/resources/links.htm
  3. KnowledgePlex  Links to many full-text articles and reports on housing and community development. For "practitioners, grantors, policy makers, scholars, investors, and others involved or interested in the fields of affordable housing and community development."
    http://www.knowledgeplex.org/

    California

  1. ABAG housing program Site includes links, issues & legislation, etc.
    2. http://www.abag.ca.gov/planning/housingneeds/
  2. HomeSight -- the comprehensive guide to housing: California
    3. http://www.homesight.org/loc-usa-california.html


    Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

  1. A to Z of housing terminology, by Simon Hooton. Coventry: Chartered Institute of Housing, 1996.
    2. EnvDesign HD30.42 G7 H6 1996 Reference
  2. The Encyclopedia of housing, Willem Van Vliet--, ed., Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998.
    3.   See also Housing information gateway, an "elaboration" of the encyclopedia.
    EnvDesign HD7287 E53 1998 Reference
  3. Housing: a multidisciplinary dictionary, by Kamal S. Sayegh, Ottawa: ABCD Academy Book, 1987.
    4. EnvDesign HD7287.5 S28 1987 Reference


    Bibliographies  Search the MelvylŪ catalog for additional bibliographies: housing [or other subject] -- bibliography. See also books & journal articles, the ends of encyclopedia entries, and the web.

    General

  1. Housing bibliography (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, Housing Information Center). Searchable bibliography of 2000+ journal articles, books, etc., on housing.
    2. http://www.colorado.edu/plan/housing-info/menu7.html
    International
  1. Housing activity in developing countries: a representative bibliography on emerging trends, by Charles A. Setchell. Council of Planning Librarians, [1988].
    2. EnvDesign HT166 A12 C6a no.222 Index
  2. Housing in developing countries: a select bibliography and field statement, by Ayse Pamuk. Council of Planning Librarians, 1991.
    3. EnvDesign HT166 A12 C6a no.273 Index
  3. International planning (UC Berkeley Library)  A selective research guide to resources on international planning, located throughout the UC Berkeley campus and on the web.
    4. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/cityintl.html
    United States
  1. Center for Housing & Urban Development bibliography (Texas A & M, Center for Housing & Urban Development)  Topics covered include community development, affordable housing, urban planning, colonias.
    2. http://chud.tamu.edu/
  2. Finding general plans for cities & local communities (UC Berkeley, Library)  A research guide and list of resources; helpful for finding housing elements of general plans.
    3. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/genplans.html
  3. HCD bibliographies (California Housing and Community Development Dept.) Links to electronic bibliographies on selected housing and land use research topics, compiling best practices and current research.
    4. http://www.hcd.ca.gov/hpd/biblio.html
  4. Housing and residential markets (New York Univ., The Jack Brause Library)  Focuses on New York City and the United States.
    http://www.nyu.edu/library/rei/housing.htm
  5. Housing special populations: a resource guide, U.S. HUD, Office of Policy Development & Research, [1987].
    6. EnvDesign HD7289.92 U54 H69 1988 Noncirc.
  6. Real estate: Berkeley business guide no. 16 (UC Berkeley, Library)  "A guide to information sources in the areas of appraisal, finance, construction, land economics, property management and other topics related to the real estate industry." U.S. focus.
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BUSI/bbg16.html
  7. Real estate subject guide (MIT, Rotch Library)  Guide to materials on the real estate industry; mortgage loans; office, retail, industrial and housing developments; real estate finance and investments.
    8. http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/realestate/


    Statistics
    General

  1. Statistical resources on the web: demographics and housing, Univ. of Michigan, Documents Center. Source for U.S. and international housing statistics.
    2. http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stdemog.html
  2. Statistics via Lexis-Nexis - UCB Only Indexes statistical publications issued by federal governments, international governmental organizations, and state governments, professional and trade associations, etc. Abstracts provided for all documents. Full text microfiche available for most titles, in the Doe Reference Center or the Business & Economics Library (Bus & Econ)
    3. Online ed.: 1970/83--.
    Print equivalents available in Doe Refe or BUSI/ECON.
    International
  1. Bulletin of housing and building statistics for Europe and North America, U.N. Economic Commission for Europe.
    2. Online ed.: 2000-; http://www.unece.org/env/hs/prgm/hsstat/welcome_hsstat.html; paper ed.: 1993--, EnvDesign JX1977 A63 H649 latest ed. Reference
  2. Compendium of human settlements statistics. United Nations.
    3. Main HD7287 U539 C6 latest Doe Reference, EnvDesign 2001 ed. in Reference
  3. Encyclopedia of world cities, by Immanuel Ness. 2 vols. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1999. Includes articles on 132 leading cities. Each article contains a map and statistical table.
    4. EnvDesign HT108.5 N47 1999 Reference
  4. Global urban indicators databases (U.N. Centre on Human Settlements (HABITAT)) Covers more than 1000 cities. Includes information on housing (affordable housing and housing provision) as well as many other socio-economic indicators.
    5. http://ww2.unhabitat.org/programmes/guo/guo_databases.asp
  5. Housing in the world: graphical presentation of statistical data. U.N. Dept. for Economic and Social Information..., 1993.
    6. EnvDesign HD7287.5 H68 1993 Reference
  6. International censuses: The Government Reference collection, 2nd Floor, Doe Library, collects international census publications. These can be excellent sources of housing statistics. To locate them, search the library's catalogs by subject: housing statistics [place name].
  7. International statistical abstracts: Government-issued statistical abstracts covering economic, population, housing, etc., statistics are available in the Government Reference collection, 2nd Floor, Doe Library.
  8. Statistical agencies (international) (U.S. Bureau of the Census) Links to statistical agencies and their publications.
    9. http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
  9. Statistics & data for city planning: international (UC Berkeley, Library) A guide to print and web sources of statistics for international city and regional planning.
    10. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/intldata.html
  10. Statistics of world large cities. Tokyo Metropolitan Government; annual.
    11. EnvDesign HA42 S43 latest five years in Reference
    United States  See also Index to Current Urban Documents microfiche.

  1. American housing survey for the United States 1985-2001 (U.S. Census Bureau)
    2. Online ed.: http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/h150.html
    Paper ed.: call numbers vary; shelved in Doe Library
  2. Construction statistics (U.S. Census Bureau) Comprehensive site for U.S. housing construction data.
    3. http://www.census.gov/mcd/index.html
  3. Americans and their homes: demographics of homeownership, by Cheryl Russell. Ithaca, NY: New Strategist Publications, 1998.
    4. Bus&Econ HD7287.82 U6 R87 1998 Reference
  4. Economic & housing data (Nat'l Assoc. of Home Builders) Useful site.
    5. http://www.nahb.org/page.aspx/category/sectionID=113
  5. Housing statistics of the United States, Patrick A. Simmons, ed. Lanham, MD: Bernan Press.
    6. EnvDesign HD7293 H77 latest ed. Reference desk
  6. Housing topics (U.S. Census Bureau) Major resource for housing data.
    7. http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing.html
  7. HUD user--housing data sets (U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development) Terrific site for U.S. housing data and information.
    8. http://www.huduser.org/datasets/pdrdatas.html
  8. State of the nation's housing (Harvard Univ., Joint Center for Housing Studies) A narrative and statistical report of the status of housing in the U.S. Annual.
    9. Online ed.: 1998-; http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/publications/markets/son_archive.html
    Paper ed.: 1988--; EnvDesign HD7293 A632
  9. Statistics & data for city planning: United States (UC Berkeley, Library) A guide to print and web sources of statistics for American city and regional planning.
    10. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/plandata.html
  10. U.S. housing market conditions
    11. Online ed.: 1994:4--; http://www.huduser.org/periodicals/ushmc.html
    Paper ed.: 1993:4-1996; EnvDesign HD7293 A1 U16 Periodical stacks

    California

  1. Bay Area housing profile 2006, prepared by the Bay Area Council. [San Francisco?: Bay Area Council, 2006].
    2. EnvDesign HD7303 C22S3 B385 2006 Reference desk
  2. Regional housing needs allocation (ABAG) Housing need data for the San Francisco Bay Area. Data presented by county.
    3. http://www.abag.ca.gov/planning/housingneeds/
  3. San Francisco housing databook (pdf file) (Bay Area Economics) "A snapshot of historical trends and current conditions, incorporating recently released 2000 Census data as available." Includes housing data for individual San Francisco neighborhoods. Go to the "publications" section of the site.
    4. Online ed.: http://www.bae1.com/
    Print ed.: EnvDesign HD7304 S4 S25 2002 Reference desk & circ.

    Housing Policy & Miscellany
    International
  1. Housing policies in the Socialist Third World, Kosta Mathey, ed. New York: Mansell, 1990. Organized in individual chapters on the housing policies of 13 countries, Albania through Vietnam.
    2. EnvDesign HD7391 H675 1990
  2. Housing policy: an international bibliography, by Tony Newson. NY: Mansell Publishing Limited, 1986.
    3. EnvDesign HD7287 A12 N481 1986
  3. Housing policy in developing countries, Gil Shidlo, ed.  NY: Routledge, 1990. Includes chapters on housing policy in Brazil, Chile, Egypt, India, Mexico, and Turkey.
    4. EnvDesign HD7391 H68 1990
  4. International Federation for Housing and Planning. International Congress--Proceedings The IFHP sponsors an annual congress. The papers presented (and published in the proceedings) are often about housing policies in a particular country. To identify these proceedings,which are catalogued individually, try searching the catalogs by the corporate name International federation for housing and planning.
  5. International handbook of housing policies and practices, Willem van Vliet, ed., NY: Greenwood Press, 1990. A useful compendium of housing policies of 23 countries.
    6. EnvDesign HD7287 I523 1990 Reference & circulating
    United States
  1. Blueprint 2001: housing element ideas and solutions for a sustainable and affordable future: Bay Area housing, sponsored by Association of Bay Area Governments, Bay Area Council, Greenbelt Alliance, [et. al.] ;... Oakland, CA: ABAG, 2001.
    2. EnvDesign HD7303 C22 S3 B58 2001; IGS 2001 0258
  2. A Chronology of housing legislation and selected executive actions, 1892-2003, U.S. Congressional Research Service, 2003.
    3. Online ed.: http://financialservices.house.gov/media/pdf/108-D.pdf; paper ed.: EnvDesign KF5729 M5 2003 Reference & non-circulating
  3. Compilation of basic laws on housing and community development, rev. through December 31, 2002 (end of the 107th Congress, by Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity of the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, House of Representatives. (Committee Print 108-C) Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2003.
    Online ed.: http://financialservices.house.gov/media/pdf/108-C.pdf; paper ed.: Main KF5724 2003; EnvDesign 1994 ed. in Reference
  4. The Federal government and urban housing: ideology and change in public policy, by R. Allen Hays. 2nd ed.  Albany: State Univ. of New York Press, 1995.
    5. EnvDesign HD7293 A3 H28 1995
  5. From tenements to the Taylor homes: in search of an urban housing policy in twentieth-century America, John F. Bauman, Roger Biles, and Kristin M. Szylvian, eds. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State Univ. Press, 2000.
    6. EnvDesign HD7293 F76 2000
  6. History of housing in the U.S., 1930-1980, by Joseph B. Mason. Houston: Gulf Pub. Co., Book Division, 1982.
    7. EnvDesign, MOFF HD7293 M325 1982
  7. Housing and urban affairs, 1965-1976, 1977. Microfiche full text of 3,000 selected local planning reports, research papers, etc., in the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs Library. (Microfiche 855) Indexed in: Housing and urban affairs, 1965-1976: A bibliographic guide to the microform collection (HD7293 A121 H68 1978 Index).
  8. Housing & development reporter. 1973--. Includes: Directory of major housing and development organizations; pertinent CFR texts and other Federal legislation.
    9. EnvDesign HD7293 H675 Reference
  9. Housing in America: 1970-2000: the nation's housing needs for the balance of the 20th century, by William C. Apgar, Jr., et al., [Cambridge, MA]: Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard Univ., 1991.
    10. EnvDesign HD7293 A63 1991
  10. Housing policy in the United States: an introduction, by Alex F. Schwartz. NY: Routledge, 2006. Online table of contents.
    11. EnvDesign HD7293 S373 2006
  11. Policy development & research (PD&R) publications (U.S. HUD) Links to many full-text housing policy documents.
    12. http://www.huduser.org/publications/pdrpubli.html
  12. Index to current urban documents - UCB Only NY: Greenwood Press. The key national resource for local government publications of the U.S. Online edition contains citations and full text (PDF format). Subject terms to use: Land use--statistics, Land use--inventories, surveys.
    13. Online ed.: 2000--; paper ed.: 1972--; EnvDesign JS13 A12M85 Index & GSSI; Index & full text documents on microfiche in the Institute of Governmental Studies Library



    Finding Books: Selected Subject Headings
    Hints for catalog searching:
    à General guides to using The Library's catalogs are available on the web.
    à Use combined searches in Melvyl® or OskiCat: e.g., [subject] squatter# AND [subject] housing policy.
    à Start in Melvyl® via the web for "fuzzy" searching & complete campus library coverage.
    à Most headings may be modified with a place name.

    Abandonment of property
    Accessory apartments, a.k.a. 'granny flats'
    Affordable housing: use
    *low-income housing
    *poor--housing
    City planning & redevelopment law
    Community development, Urban
    Congregate housing
    Discrimination in housing
    Filtering: use
    *real property valuation AND housing
    Gated communities
    Gentrification
    Home ownership
    Homeless persons--Housing
    Housing--[place name]--Finance
    Housing, Cooperative     		Housing development
    Housing--Finance
    Housing forecasting
    Housing--Government policy
    Housing--Law and legislation
    Housing plans: use
    *city planning AND housing policy
    *county planning AND housing policy
    *regional planning AND housing policy
    Housing policy
    Housing policy--Developing countries
    Housing rehabilitation
    Housing subsidies
    Land tenure     		Land use, Urban
    NIMBY syndrome
    Public housing
    Public housing--Developing countries
    Public housing--Government policy
    Public housing--Law and legislation-- [place name]--Finance
    Real property--Valuation
    Refugee camps
    Rental housing
    Self-help housing
    Shared housing
    Shelters for the homeless
    Slums
    Squatter settlements
    Squatters
    Urban homesteading
    Zoning law

    Finding Journal Articles+ Please note that all the electronic indexes listed in this guide are also listed in The Library's directory of article databases.

  1. Academic search complete via EBSCO - UC Only  Indexes articles in more than 10,900 journals in the humanities, social sciences, and general sciences. Abstracts and full text available for many titles indexed. Includes many book review citations.
    2. Coverage: Varies.
  2. Alternative press index online via FirstSearch/OCLC - UCB Only  Citations are drawn from roughly 380 alternative, radical, and left publications.  Useful for identifying community-based and alternative public policy perspectives on housing, land use, the environment, etc., outside of the mainstream.  Most journals aren't indexed elsewhere.
    3. Online coverage: 1991--; paper ed.: 1969--; Doe Stack HM101 A12 A55
  3. AltPress watch via ProQuest - UCB Only A full text resource that covers newspapers, magazines, and journals of the alternative and independent press. Good for environmental justice and environmental policy issues. East Bay Express is included starting 6/01.
    Coverage: 1995--.
  4. Business source complete via EBSCO - UCB Only  Includes full-text for more than 7,400 scholarly business journals and other sources, including nearly 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications, as well as country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group and CountryWatch.
    5. Ccoverage: 1965--.
  5. EconLit via SilverPlatter- UCB Only  The most comprehensive index to scholarly journal articles in economics. Also lists books and dissertations. Most citations include a searchable abstract.
    6. Online coverage: 1969--; paper ed.: 1969--; Bus&Econ HB58 A1 E32 Ask at Reference Desk
  6. Ethnic newswatch via ProQuest - UC Only   Full text coverage of approximately 100 newspapers and other periodicals published by ethnic and minority presses in the U.S. Includes articles published in African-American, Hispanic, Latino, Chicano, Native American, Asian, Jewish, Arab, and European/Eastern European publications.
    7. Coverage: Varies.
  7. Geography via SilverPlatter - UCB Only Covers the international literature in physical and human geography, providing access to information from over 2,000 journals, monographs, books, conference proceedings reports, and theses. Includes abstracts.
    8. Coverage: Varies.
  8. Housing abstracts. National Housing Library. Formerly Homes & Homebuilding and Reference guide to homebuilding articles (1967-1995; EnvDesign HD7293 A12N28 H6 Index). Coverage: 1996--.
    9. EnvDesign HD7293 A12N28 H68 Index
  9. IngentaConnect - UCB Only Indexes domestic and international scholarly and academic publications, in a wide range of subject areas. Access to full text articles only for journals UC Berkeley receives in paper copy.
    10. Coverage: Varies.
  10. International bibliography of the social sciences (IBSS) via CSA - UCB Only Contains citations from an international selection of publications (including over 2600 journals) in the fields of economics, political science, sociology, and anthropology. Good for housing policy.
    11. Coverage: 1981--.
  11. Journal of planning literature via FirstSearch/OCLC UCB Only  Columbus, OH: Sage Publications, Inc. Indexes 400+ journals and provides comprehensive coverage of the city and regional planning literature.
    12. Online coverage: 2000--; paper ed.: 1985/86--; EnvDesign NA9000 J687 Index
  12. JSTOR - UCB Only A full text searchable archive of interdisciplinary scholarly journal literature, including many in African-American studies, anthropology, political science, and sociology.
    13. Coverage: Varies.
  13. Left index via BiblioLine - UCB Only  Provides access to leftist and radical media from around the world with a primary emphasis on political, economic, social, and culturally engaged scholarship, including some full text from journals, books, links to internet documents, etc. A secondary emphasis is on significant but little known sources of news and ideas.
    Coverage: 1982--.
  14. Lexis-nexis academic - UCB Only  Includes indexing to more than 5,600 journal, newspaper, and other sources, and provides full text. Good for public policy issues.
    Coverage: Varies.
  15. PapersFirst via FirstSearch/OCLC - UC Only  Contains over 5.4 million records for papers presented at worldwide conferences, symposia, meetings, expositions, congresses, and workshops received at The British Library. Excellent source for interdisciplinary work; the index covers disciplines in the social sciences, sciences, arts, and the humanities.
    16. Coverage: 1993--.
  16. Periodicals index online (formerly Periodicals Contents Index) - UC Only  Indexes thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues to 1993. Includes some full text access. The scope is international, including journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages. Titles indexed include Housing Studies, Journal of the American Planning Association, Urban Affairs Quarterly, Town Planning Review, and Urban Studies.
    17. Coverage: 1665-1993.
  17. Research library (ProQuest direct) - UCB Only Includes abstracts, indexing, and some full text of more than 2,500 periodical titles in the humanities, social sciences, and business, plus current coverage of New York Times, and Wall Street Journal articles.
    18. Coverage: 1971--.
  18. Sociological abstracts via CSA - UC Only  Indexes journal articles, book chapters, & reviews from over 1,900 journals, books, book chapters, and reviews in the social sciences. Excellent source for public policy topics.
    19. Online coverage: 1963--; paper ed.: 1952--; Main HM15.5 S6


    Housing Journals  Listed here is a selection of journals on housing. Consult the OskiCat or Current MelvylŪ catalogs for additional journals: housing -- periodicals. Note that most of these titles are available full text online via a variety of databases. Please consult E-Journal Titles A-Z for a current listing.

    General

  1. Habitat international - UC Only
    2. Online ed.: 1976--; paper ed.: 1977--; EnvDesign GF101 H28
  2. Housing finance international - UCB Only
    3. Online ed.: 2001--.
  3. Urban studies - UC Only or UCB Only
    4. Online eds.: coverage varies; paper ed.: 1964--; EnvDesign HT101 U74
    International
  1. Housing. (Chartered Institute of Housing) 1965--.
    2. EnvDesign HD7333 A1 H6
  2. Housing studies - UCB Only
    3. Online eds.: coverage varies; paper ed.: 1986--; EnvDesign HD7285 H687
  3. Housing, theory and society - UCB Only
    4. Online eds.: coverage varies; paper ed.: 1999--; EnvDesign HD7346 A3 S3
  4. International journal for housing science and its applications. (International Association for Housing Science) 1977--.
    5. EnvDesign HD7285 I5
    United States
  1. Cityscape: a journal of policy development and research (U.S. HUD)
    2. Online ed.: 1994--. Full-text available on the HUD web site; paper ed.: 1994, 1996, 1998--; EnvDesign HT123 C52
  2. Housing and society. (American Association of Housing Educators) 1974--.
    3. EnvDesign HD7285 H6
  3. Housing economics - UC Only
    4. Online coverage: 1994-8/2004; full text available.
  4. Housing policy debate
    5. Online ed.: 1990--; full text, not indexed; paper ed.: 1990--; Bus&Econ; EnvDesign HD7293 A1 H65
  5. Journal of housing and community development - UCB Only
    6. Online eds.: coverage varies; paper ed.: 1979--; EnvDesign HD7293 A3 J6
  6. Journal of housing economics - UCB Only
    7. Online eds.: coverage varies; paper ed.: 1991--; Bus&Econ HD7293 Z9 J68
  7. Journal of housing for the elderly. Haworth Press; 1983--.
    8. EnvDesign HQ1060 J6
    Indexed: Architectural Publications Index (RIBA) [older issues only], Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts
  8. Journal of housing research (American Real Estate Society)
    2004--: online: http://business.fullerton.edu/finance/jhr/; paper ed.: EnvDesign HD7285 J68 Periodical stacks
  9. Journal of real estate research (American Real Estate Society) - UCB Only The American Real Estate Society provides an index to the journal.
    10. Coverage: 1986--; full text available via Business source complete.
  10. Planning & environmental law (APA) Formerly Land use law & zoning digest articles and searchable abstracts (1995-) and table of contents to current issue. 1974--.
    11.
    EnvDesign NA9050 A1 Z6
  11. Real estate economics (Univ. of Michigan) - UCB Only Includes searchable abstracts of articles.
    12. Online eds.: coverage varies; paper ed.: 1973--, Bus & Econ HD251A4931a
  12. Recent research results (U.S. HUD) Contains short summaries of reports recently published under the auspices of HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research.
    13. Online ed.: 1995--; http://www.huduser.org:80/periodicals/rrr.html; paper ed.: Current only; EnvDesign HD7293 A49 H6731c
  13. Shelterforce (Natl. Housing Institute) Full text bimonthly magazine.
    14. Online ed.: 1994--; http://www.nhi.org/online/index.html; paper ed.: 1986-2004, EnvDesign HD7293 A1 S45
  14. U.S. housing markets, prepared by Advance Mortgage Corporation. Detroit, MI: The Corporation. 1966--.
    15. EnvDesign HD7293 A1 U17 Periodical stacks


    Organizations, Associations, Agencies
    Directories

  1. Affordable housing directory, San Francisco: Business Communication Services.
    2. EnvDesign HG2040.5 U5 A115 latest Reference Desk
  2. Associations/Organizations (Urban Land Institute) Useful list of Internet sites of associations concerned with land use and development, planning, transportation, and other urban issues.
    3. http://www.uli.org/
  3. Directory of national, statewide and local homeless advocacy coalitions (Natl. Coalition for the Homeless)
    4. http://www.nationalhomeless.org/directories/advocacydirectory/
  4. NAHRO directory of local agencies, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
    5. EnvDesign HD7293 A1 N127 latest ed. Reference
  5. Signposts: Housing (Nat'l Housing Institute) Web directory of 50+ links to U.S. organizations and agencies concerned with housing issues.
    6. http://www.nhi.org/resource/signposts.html#2
  6. International organizations
  7. U.S. organizations
  8. California organizations


    Libraries  Here are UC Berkeley libraries which support housing research.

    Business & Economics Library
    Haas Business School 
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BUSI/

    Doe Reference Center
    2nd floor, Doe Library
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/reference.html

    Earth Sciences & Map Library
    50 McCone Hall
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/MapCollections.html

    Compiled by Deborah Sommer
    City Planning & Landscape Architecture Librarian
    Environmental Design Library
    Originally compiled in 1999

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