The poorhouse : subsidized housing in Chicago / Devereux Bowly Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowly, Devereux, Jr.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public housing--Illinois--Chicago--History.

Public housing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chicago seems an ideal environment for public housing because of the city's relatively young age among major cities and well-deserved reputation for technology, innovation, and architecture. Yet "The Poorhouse: Subsidized Housing in Chicago" shows that the city's experience on the whole has been a negative one, raising serious questions about the nature of subsidized housing and whether we should have it and, if so, in what form.Bowly, a native of the city, provides a detailed examination of subsidized housing in the nation's third-largest city. Now in its second edition, "The Poorhouse" looks at the history of public housing and subsidized housing in Chicago from 1895 to the present day. Five new chapters that cover the decline and federal takeover of the Chicago Housing Authority, and its more recent "transformation," which involved the demolition of the CHA family high-rise buildings and in some cases their replacement with low-risemixed income housing on the same sites. Fifty new photos supplement this edition. "Certificate of Excellence" from the Illinois State Historical Society, 2013

Contents:

Philanthropic housing projects

Early public housing

Chicago Housing Authority: the war years

Chicago Housing Authority: the middle years

Chicago Housing Authority: years of turmoil

Chicago Dwellings Association

Chicago Housing Authority: the high-rise years

The community renewal foundation and the Kate Maremont foundation

Federally subsidized, privately sponsored housing

Chicago Housing Authority: the fourth decade

The Illinois Housing Development Authority

Chicago Housing Authority: years of decline

Subsidized housing on other fronts

Buildup to the transformation

The transformation of CHA.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: The poorhouse : subsidized housing in Chicago, 1895-1976. c1978.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-88178-X

9786613723093

0-8093-9068-X

OCLC:

801409203