National Survey of Rehabilitation Enforcement Practices

摘要

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has encouraged thesimplification of building regulations to promote rehabilitation of existing housing for the last 17 years. In 1995, HUD sponsored discussions on model codes and enforcement practices, during which participants recommended that HUD promote additional streamlining of rehabilitation codes by polling code enforcement officials. This book presents the survey results and reveals that code enforcement varies from one jurisdiction to another. The survey found that different regions focus on different code provisions and that enforcement differs depending on the model code used. Survey results also show that local rehabilitation professionals hold a more positive view regarding preapplication reviews that do code administrators. A vast multiplicity of codes exists, administered by unrelated and uncoordinated local regulatory agencies. Administrators cited a lack of resources as the most frequent reason for limited rehabilitation activities. Costs, limited market demand, and other economic issues also prevented greater rehabilitation. In additional to presenting the survey results, the book provides a series of case studies that illustrate innovative approaches and reasons for failure of rehabilitation codes.