Title:
Public housing myths : perception, reality, and social policy / edited by Nicholas Dagen Bloom, Fritz Umbach, and Lawrence J. Vale.
Author:
Bloom, Nicholas Dagen, 1969- editor.
Umbach, Gregory Holcomb, editor.
Vale, Lawrence J., 1959- editor.
Container of (work): Heathcott, Joseph, 1968- . Public housing stands alone.
Publication Information:
Ithaca ; London : Cornell University, 2015.
Call Number:
HD7288.77 .P83 2015
ISBN:
9780801452048
9780801478741
Physical Description:
286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Places -- Myth #1: Public housing stands alone / Myth #2: Modernist architecture failed public housing / Myth #3: Public housing breeds crime / Myth #4: High-rise public housing is unmanageable / Policy -- Myth #5: Public housing ended in failure during the 1970s / Myth #6: Mixed-income redevelopment is the only way to fix public housing / Myth #7: Only immigrants still live in European public housing / Myth #8: Public housing is only for poor people / People -- Myth #9: Public housing residents hate the police / Myth #10: Public housing tenants are powerless / Myth #11: Tenants did not invest in public housing
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