Right to Housing Foundation for a New Social Agenda

Name: Right to Housing Foundation for a New Social Agenda
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ISBN: 9781592134328

ISBN-10: 1592134327

ISBN-13: 9781592134328

Edition: 2006

Authors: Rachel Bratt, Michael Stone, Chester Hartman

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Presenting a powerful analysis of the persistent inability of the United States to meet the housing needs of its people, leading activists and thinkers examine the state of housing, the housed, and housing policy, and then provide a detailed programme for solving the problem.

Book details

List price: $44.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 2/28/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.958
Language: English

Rachel G. Bratt is Professor and Chair of the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. She is the author of Rebuilding a Low-Income Housing Policy and a co-editor of Critical Perspectives on Housing, both published by Temple.

Michael Stone was for many years an investigative reporter forNew Yorkmagazine. He lives in New York City.



Acknowledgments


Why a Right to Housing Is Needed and Makes Sense: Editors' Introduction



The Economic Environment of Housing: Income Inequality and Insecurity




Housing Affordability: One-Third of a Nation Shelter-Poor




Segregation and Discrimination in Housing




Pernicious Problems of Housing Finance




Federal Housing Subsidies: Who Benefits and Why?




The Permanent Housing Crisis: The Failures of Conservatism and the Limitations of Liberalism




Federally-Assisted Housing in Conflict: Privatization or Preservation?



Box: Privatizing Rural Rental Housing




The Case for a Right to Housing




The Role of the Courts and a Right to Housing




Housing Organizing for the Long Haul: Building on Experience




Social Ownership




Social Financing




The Elderly and a Right to Housing




Opening Doors: What a Right to Housing Means for Women




Responses to Homelessness: Past Policies, Future Directions, and a Right to Housing




Community Development Corporations: Challenges in Supporting a Right to Housing



Box: Old and New Challenges Facing Rural Housing Nonprofits




Between Devolution and the Deep Blue Sea: What's a City or State to Do?




Housing and Economic Security



About the Contributors


Index