New Deal ruins : race, economic justice, and public housing policy / Edward G. Goetz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goetz, Edward G. (Edward Glenn), 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public housing--Government policy--United States.

Public housing.

Housing policy--United States.

Housing policy.

Relocation (Housing)--United States.

Relocation (Housing).

Urban policy--United States.

Urban policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 1990's 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 quite different. As Edward G. Goetz shows, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced and there has been a loss of more than 250,000 permanently affordable residential units. Goetz offers a critical analysis of the nationwide effort to dismantle public housing by focusing on the impact of policy changes in three cities: Atlanta, Chicago, and New Orleans. Goetz shows how this transformation is related to pressures of gentrification and the enduring influence of race in American cities. African Americans have been disproportionately affected by this policy shift; it is the cities in which public housing is most closely identified with minorities that have been the most aggressive in removing units. Goetz convincingly refutes myths about the supposed failure of public housing. He offers an evidence-based argument for renewed investment in public housing to accompany housing choice initiatives as a model for innovative and equitable housing policy.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction. PUBLIC HOUSING AND URBAN PLANNING ORTHODOXY

1. THE QUIET SUCCESSES AND LOUD FAILURES OF PUBLIC HOUSING

2. DISMANTLING PUBLIC HOUSING

3. DEMOLITION IN CHICAGO, NEW ORLEANS, AND ATLANTA

4. "NEGRO REMOVAL" REVISITED

5. THE FATE OF DISPLACED PERSONS AND FAMILIES

6. EFFECTS AND PROSPECTS IN REVITALIZED COMMUNITIES

Conclusion. THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HOUSING

Appendix

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780801467547

0801467543

9780801451522

0801451523

9780801467554

0801467551

OCLC:

829451312