The poor side of town : and why we need it / by Howard A. Husock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Husock, Howard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Low-income housing--United States--History.

Low-income housing.

Public housing--United States--History.

Public housing.

Housing policy--United States--History.

Housing policy.

Housing--United States--History.

Housing.

History.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 volume ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Encounter Books, [2021]

Summary:

"The 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 small houses --a poor side of town--helps those of modest means build financial assets and join in the local democratic process. It is more an historic narrative than a straight policy book, however--telling stories of Jacob Riis, zoning reformer Lawrence Veiller, anti-reformer Jane Jacobs; housing developer William Levitt; African- American small homes advocate Rev. Johnnie Ray Youngblood, as welll as first person accounts of one- time residents of neighborhoods such as Detroit's Black Bottom who lose their homes and businesses to housing reform and urban renewal. It combines reportage and policy in a way intenced to engage readers"-- Provided by publisher.

"The 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 small houses --a poor side of town--helps those of modest means build financial assets and join in the local democratic process. It is more an historic narrative than a straight policy book, however--telling stories of Jacob Riis, zoning reformer Lawrence Veiller, anti-reformer Jane Jacobs; housing developer William Levitt; African- American small homes advocate Rev. Johnnie Ray Youngblood, as welll as first person accounts of one- time residents of neighborhoods such as Detroit's Black Bottom who lose their homes and businesses to housing reform and urban renewal. It combines reportage and policy in a way intenced to engage readers."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter I Jacob Riis and the Reformer's Gaze p. 7

Chapter II The Zone of Emergence p. 15

Chapter III "Modern Housing" and the Crusade Against the Poor Side p. 29

Chapter IV "Yes, Yes. We Weren't Dreaming": The Triumph of Levittown p. 55

Chapter V The Unreformer and Her Lessons Not Learned p. 67

Chapter VI The Minister and the Builder p. 85

Chapter VII The Search for the Philosopher's Stone p. 99

Chapter VIII The Legacy of Lawrence Veiller: Zoning Out Zones of Emergence p. 113

Chapter IX Maximum Feasible Opposition: The Lesson of Mario Cuomo p. 125

Chapter X Slums of Hope p. 141

Chapter XI Unreforming Housing p. 159.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version

Husock, Howard. Poor side of town

Online version: Husock, Howard. Poor side of town

ISBN:

9781641772020

1641772026

OCLC:

1235904536