Bloom, Nicholas Dagen,  1969- <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-348) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780812201321 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>New York City Housing Authority--History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public housing--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.<br/>City planning--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD7288.78.U52  / N726 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.5/85097471