New Deal Ruins Race, Economic Justice, and Public Housing Policy

Name: New Deal Ruins Race, Economic Justice, and Public Housing Policy
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ISBN: 9780801478284

ISBN-10: 0801478286

ISBN-13: 9780801478284

Edition: 2013

Authors: Edward G. Goetz

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Public housing was an integral part of the New Deal, as the federal government funded public works to generate economic activity and offer material support to families made destitute by the Great Depression, and it remained a major element of urban policy in subsequent decades. As chronicled in New Deal Ruins, however, housing policy since the 1990s has turned to the demolition of public housing in favor of subsidized units in mixed-income communities and the use of tenant-based vouchers rather than direct housing subsidies. While these policies, articulated in the HOPE VI program begun in 1992, aimed to improve the social and economic conditions of urban residents, the results have been…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 3/15/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


List of Abbreviations


Introduction: Public Housing and Urban Planning Orthodoxy



The Quiet Successes and Loud Failures of Public Housing



Dismantling Public Housing



Demolition in Chicago, New Orleans, and Atlanta



"Negro Removal" Revisited



The Fate of Displaced Persons and Families



Effects and Prospects in Revitalized Communities


Conclusion: The Future of Public Housing


Appendix


Notes


References


Index