Public Housing Myths: Perception, Reality, and Social Policy

Synopsis

I. Places -- Myth #1. Public Housing Stands Alone / Joseph Heathcott -- Myth #2. Modernist Architecture Failed Public Housing / D. Bradford Hunt -- Myth #3. Public Housing Breeds Crime / Fritz Umbach And Alexander Gerould -- Myth #4. High-rise Public Housing Is Unmanageable / Nicholas Dagen Bloom -- Ii. Policy -- Myth #5. Public Housing Ended In Failure During The 1970s / Yonah Freemark -- Myth #6. Mixed-income Redevelopment Is The Only Way To Fix Failed Public Housing / Lawrence J. Vale -- Myth #7. Only Immigrants Still Live In European Public Housing / Florian Urban -- Myth #8. Public Housing Is Only For Poor People / Nancy Kwak -- Iii. People -- Myth #9. Public Housing Residents Hate The Police / Fritz Umbach -- Myth #10. Public Housing Tenants Are Powerless / Rhonda Y. Williams -- Myth #11. Tenants Did Not Invest In Public Hoursing / Lisa Levenstein. Edited By Nicholas Dagen Bloom, Fritz Umbach, And Lawrence J. Vale. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.