Public housing that worked : New York in the twentieth century / Nicholas Dagen Bloom.

By: Bloom, Nicholas Dagen, 1969- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2008]Copyright date: 2008Description: 1 online resource (364 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780812201321Other title: Public housing that worked : New York in the 20th centurySubject(s): New York City Housing Authority -- History -- 20th century | Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century | City planning -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century | New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Public housing that worked : New York in the twentieth century.DDC classification: 363.5/85097471 LOC classification: HD7288.78.U52 | N726 2008Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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