The Poor Side of Town : And Why We Need It Hardback
by Howard A. Husock
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This 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 simple low-cost housing—a poor side of town—helps those of modest means build financial assets and join in the local democratic process.
It is more of a historical narrative than a straight policy book, however—telling stories of Jacob Riis, zoning reformer Lawrence Veiller, anti-reformer Jane Jacobs, housing developer William Levitt, and African American small homes advocate Rev.
Johnny Ray Youngblood, as well as first-person accounts of onetime residents of neighborhoods such as Detroit’s Black Bottom who lost their homes and businesses to housing reform and urban renewal.
This is a book with important policy implications—built on powerful, personal stories.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:216 pages
- Publisher:Encounter Books,USA
- Publication Date:04/11/2021
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- ISBN:9781641772020
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:216 pages
- Publisher:Encounter Books,USA
- Publication Date:04/11/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781641772020