ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the resource implications of attempting to eliminate low-income housing need in Baltimore and compares the scale of effort with the level of accomplishment of housing programs in the city. By implication, all forms of resources which may reduce or eliminate a particular dimension of need are theoretically of interest in a comprehensive analysis of need-resource relationships. The chapter focuses two types of resources–initial capital investments to upgrade the inventory and continuing subsidies to fill the gap between what low-income families can be expected to pay for housing and the economic cost of providing adequate shelter. A number of programs which furnish resources, other than shelter itself, to low-income families specifically for the purpose of preventing or remedying various dimensions of housing need may be classified somewhat loosely as the demand-side component of the housing effort.
