The Poor Side Of Town: And Why We Need It

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 small houses--a poor side of town--helps those of modest means build financial assets and join in the local democratic process. It is more an historic narrative than a straight policy book, however--telling stories of Jacob Riis, zoning reformer Lawrence Veiller, anti-reformer Jane Jacobs; housing developer William Levitt; African American small homes advocate Rev. Johnnie Ray Youngblood, as well as first person accounts of one- time residents of neighborhoods such as Detroit's Black Bottom who lose their homes and businesses to housing reform and urban renewal. It combines reportage and policy in a way intended to engage readers.

• | Author: Howard A. Husock
• | Publisher: Encounter Books
• | Publication Date: 21-Sep-21
• | Number of Pages: 216 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1641772026
• | ISBN-13: 9781641772020