The Poorhouse : Subsidized Housing in Chicago /

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Chicago seems an ideal environment for public housing because of the city's relatively young age among major cities and well-deserved reputation for technology, innovation, and architecture. Yet The Poorhouse: Subsidized Housing in Chicago shows that the city's experience on the whole has...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bowly, Devereux, Jr
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Public housing.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Logement social > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire.
Public housing > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Illinois > Chicago.
History
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Philanthropic housing projects
  • Early public housing
  • Chicago Housing Authority: the war years
  • Chicago Housing Authority: the middle years
  • Chicago Housing Authority: years of turmoil
  • Chicago Dwellings Association
  • Chicago Housing Authority: the high-rise years
  • The community renewal foundation and the Kate Maremont foundation
  • Federally subsidized, privately sponsored housing
  • Chicago Housing Authority: the fourth decade
  • The Illinois Housing Development Authority
  • Chicago Housing Authority: years of decline
  • Subsidized housing on other fronts
  • Buildup to the transformation
  • The transformation of CHA.

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