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The Poor Side of Town: And Why We Need It
Howard A. Husock
The Poor Side of Town: And Why We Need It
Howard A. Husock
This book combines a critique of more than a century of housing reform policies, including public and other subsidized housing as well as exclusionary zoning, with the idea that simple low-cost housing-a poor side of town-helps those of modest means build financial assets and join in the local democratic process. It is more of a historical narrative than a straight policy book, however-telling stories of Jacob Riis, zoning reformer Lawrence Veiller, anti-reformer Jane Jacobs, housing developer William Levitt, and African American small homes advocate Rev. Johnny Ray Youngblood, as well as first-person accounts of onetime residents of neighborhoods such as Detroit's Black Bottom who lost their homes and businesses to housing reform and urban renewal. This is a book with important policy implications-built on powerful, personal stories.
216 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | November 4, 2021 |
ISBN13 | 9781641772020 |
Publishers | Encounter Books,USA |
Pages | 216 |
Dimensions | 152 × 228 × 24 mm · 498 g |
Language | English |