Chapter 1. Defining a Housing Crisis

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I: Model Housing as a Municipal Service
5. Chapter 1. Defining a Housing Crisis 13
6. Chapter 2. Three Programs Are Better Than One 35
7. Chapter 3. High-Rise Public Housing Begins 45
8. Chapter 4. Model Tenants for Model Housing 77
9. Chapter 5. Tightly Managed Communities 92
10. Part II: Transforming Postwar New York
11. Chapter 6. The Boom Years 109
12. Chapter 7. Designs for a New Metropolis 128
13. Chapter 8. The Price of Design Reform 152
14. Chapter 9. The Benefits of Social Engineering 168
15. Chapter 10. Meeting the Management Challenge 181
16. Part III: Welfare-State Public Housing
17. Chapter 11. Surviving the Welfare State 201
18. Chapter 12. The Value of Consistency 220
19. Part IV: Affordable Housing
20. Chapter 13. Model Housing Revisited 245
21. Appendix A: Guide to Housing Developments 269
22. Appendix B: Tenant Selection Policies and Procedures 277
23. Notes 279
24. Index 349
25. Acknowledgments 353