Public housing that worked : New York in the twentieth century /
Bloom, Nicholas Dagen, 1969-
Public housing that worked : New York in the twentieth century / Public housing that worked : New York in the 20th century Nicholas Dagen Bloom. - 1 online resource (364 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-348) and index.
Model housing as a municipal service. Defining a housing crisis; Three programs are better than one; High-rise public housing begins; Model tenants for model housing; Tightly managed communities -- Transforming postwar New York. The boom years; Designs for a new metropolis; The price of design reform; The benefits of social engineering; Meeting the management challenge -- Welfare-state public housing. Surviving the welfare state; The value of consistency -- Affordable housing. Model housing revisited -- Appendix A. Guide to housing developments -- Appendix B. Tenant selection policies and procedures.
9780812201321
New York City Housing Authority--History--20th century.
Public housing--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
City planning--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century.
Electronic books.
HD7288.78.U52 / N726 2008
363.5/85097471
Public housing that worked : New York in the twentieth century / Public housing that worked : New York in the 20th century Nicholas Dagen Bloom. - 1 online resource (364 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-348) and index.
Model housing as a municipal service. Defining a housing crisis; Three programs are better than one; High-rise public housing begins; Model tenants for model housing; Tightly managed communities -- Transforming postwar New York. The boom years; Designs for a new metropolis; The price of design reform; The benefits of social engineering; Meeting the management challenge -- Welfare-state public housing. Surviving the welfare state; The value of consistency -- Affordable housing. Model housing revisited -- Appendix A. Guide to housing developments -- Appendix B. Tenant selection policies and procedures.
9780812201321
New York City Housing Authority--History--20th century.
Public housing--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
City planning--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century.
Electronic books.
HD7288.78.U52 / N726 2008
363.5/85097471