2. Building the Chicago Housing Authority

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. Introduction: What Went Wrong with Public Housing in Chicago? 1
5. 1. The 1937 Housing Act Revisited 15
6. 2. Building the Chicago Housing Authority 35
7. 3. Clearing Chicago’s Slums 67
8. 4. The End of Integration and the Taming of the CHA 99
9. 5. Designing High- Rise Disasters 121
10. 6. Planning a Social Disaster 145
11. 7. The Loss of the Working Class 183
12. 8. The Tenants Revolt 213
13. 9. The Gautreaux Case and the Limits of Judicial Activism 239
14. 10. The Long Road to Rebirth 259
15. Conclusion: The Unraveling of Chicago Public Housing 285
16. Acknowledgments 297
17. A Note on Sources 301
18. Notes 303
19. Index 355