More than shelter : activism and community in San Francisco public housing / Amy L. Howard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howard, Amy Lynne, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public housing--California--San Francisco.

Public housing.

Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco.

California--San Francisco.

Physical Description:

xix, 308 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2014]

Summary:

In the popular imagination, public housing tenants are considered, at best, victims of intractable poverty and, at worst, criminals. More Than Shelter makes clear that such limited perspectives do not capture the rich reality of tenants' active engagement in shaping public housing into communities. By looking closely at three public housing projects in San Francisco, Amy L. Howard brings to light the dramatic measures tenants have taken to create-and sustain and strengthen-communities that matter to them. Taken together, the stories Howard tells challenge assumptions about public housing and its tenants and make way for a broader, more productive, and inclusive vision of the public housing program in the United States. Book jacket.

Contents:

To provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing : San Francisco's housing authority

The contested Mission of Valencia Gardens

Peace and prosperity dwell among virtuous neighbors : Chinatown's public housing

The best project in town : North Beach place

Conclusion: looking back, moving forward.

Notes:

"Quadrant book"

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816665815

0816665818

9780816665822

0816665826

OCLC:

855491721