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REBUILDING A LOW-INCOME HOUSING POLICY
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| By: |
Rachel G. Bratt |
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Hardback |
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£61.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0877225958 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780877225959 |
| Publisher: |
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS,U.S. |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1989 |
| Pages: |
368 |
| Description: |
Examining earlier federal housing initiatives, this work argues that public housing has not failed. It proposes a strategy for producing decent, affordable housing for low-income people through non-profit community-based organizations. It also examines the dilemmas faced by community development corporations. |
| Synopsis: |
Examining earlier federal housing initiatives, Rachel Bratt argues that public housing has not failed. She proposes a new strategy for producing decent, affordable housing for low-income people through non-profit community-based organizations. The potential of a new housing policy built on empowering community groups and low-income households is compelling. The production, rehabilitation, management and/or ownership by community-based organizations, with funding and technical assistance provided by a new type of public support system, not only would offer participants much-needed shelter, but also control over and security in their living environments. These qualities have been lacking in housing sponsored by the private for-profit sector as well as in previous subsidy programs. The author analyzes the limitations of both profit-oriented developers and public agencies as the primary vehicles for developing low- and middle-income housing.Promoting small-scale neighborhood organizations as better suited for delivering such services, she focuses on large multi-family projects and argues that our urban public housing stock represents an irreplaceable resource that is rapidly decaying to a point of no return. Through a number of case studies of housing projects throughout Massachusetts among them South Holyoke, the Granite Properties, Fields Corner in Dorchester, and the Boston Housing Partnership, Bratt examines the dilemmas faced by community development corporations, analyzes the accomplishments of empowered community groups, and recommends ways of Rebuilding a Low-Income Housing Policy. Rachel G. Bratt is Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Environmental Policy, at Tufts University. |
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US |
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Temple University Press,U.S. |
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Non-returnable |
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