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The unintended consequences : family and community, the victims of isolated poverty / James G. Banks and Peter S. Banks.
Lippincott Library HD7304.W3 B36 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Banks, James G., 1920-2005.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public housing--Washington (D.C.).
- Public housing.
- Washington (D.C.).
- Public housing--United States.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 136 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Dallas : University Press of America, [2004]
- Summary:
- The Unintended Consequences describes the tremendous impact of housing policy, which oftentimes discourages communities and inhibits family stability. The book traces housing history from the Victorian Era in London to the present. It gives special attention to Washington, D.C., presenting various grassroots programs that have grown to provide community support in severely impoverished areas.
- Contents:
- Victorian England xv
- New York Tenements xvi
- Chapter 1 The Unintended Consequences 1
- Public Housing 3
- Community 4
- Services 5
- Out of Control 6
- The New Social Control 7
- Children 7
- Chapter 2 Divergent Neighborhoods 11
- Barry Farm 11
- Southwest 17
- Chapter 3 The Creation of Public Housing 21
- The Housing Act of 1937 22
- Residents of Public Housing 24
- Social Programs 26
- Chapter 4 Early Public Housing in Washington, D.C. 29
- The Alley Dwelling Authority 30
- Working in Public Housing 30
- Life in War Housing 33
- The Status of Public Housing 34
- Changes in Anacostia 34
- Chapter 5 Postwar Housing 37
- The Rise of Urban Renewal 37
- Public Housing Statistics 38
- Warnings Against Concentrated Poverty 39
- Chapter 6 The Urban Renewal Experience 41
- The Relocation of Residents 42
- The Relocation of Businesses 46
- Dilemma of Urban Renewal 47
- Chapter 7 Programs of the Great Society 49
- The 1960s 49
- The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 50
- The Housing and urban Development Act of 1965 51
- Model Cities 52
- Tenant Unrest in Public Housing 52
- The Brooke Amendments 53
- Chapter 8 The Poverty Program 55
- UPO 55
- The Perspective of an Executive Director 57
- A Study of Anacostia 61
- Chapter 9 The Decline of Public Housing 63
- Parklands 64
- Public Housing Statistics 65
- Changing Cities 66
- Omnibus Act of 1981 67
- Segregation in Public Housing 68
- Resident Experiences 70
- Chapter 10 Crime and Education 75
- The Proliferation of Crime 75
- Responses to Crime 77
- Incarceration 78
- Drug-related Crime 79
- Police Experience 80
- Urban Public Education 83
- Chapter 11 Change in Washington, DC 87
- Turning Around a Community 88
- Anacostia/Congress Heights Partnerships 89
- Children's Center 90
- Established Neighborhood Institutions 91
- Coordinating Services 93
- The Efforts of Individuals 94
- Brenda Jones 94
- Jackie Massey 96
- Dorothea Ferrell 97
- Community Preservation and Development Corporation 99
- The Center for Mental Health 102
- Hope VI 102
- Intent 109
- Consequence: Deterioration of Community and Family Life 110
- Consequence: Deterioration of Public Education 111
- Consequence: Deterioration of Social Services 112
- Consequence: Crime 113
- Consequence: Deterioration of Neighborhood Businesses 113
- Recommendations 114
- Remaining Committed to Growing Community 115
- The Learning Environment 117
- Recognition of Family and Community 118.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [123]-127) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761828567
- 0761828575
- OCLC:
- 56115161
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