Decent, Safe and Sanitary Dwellings The National Conversation about Public Housing, 1932-1973 |
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| Author:
| Hubbard, James P. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4766-7448-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2018 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00USD $4.50 |
Book Description:
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In 1973, President Nixon halted new construction of public housing, claiming that the US Government had become ""the biggest slumlord in history"". Four decades earlier, in the the Great Depression, political support for federally subsidized low-income housing had resulted in the Housing Act of 1937. This book documents the wide-ranging national debate over public housing from the New Deal to Nixon.
In 1973, President Nixon halted new construction of public housing, claiming that the US Government had become ""the biggest slumlord in history"". Four decades earlier, in the the Great Depression, political support for federally subsidized low-income housing had resulted in the Housing Act of 1937. This book documents the wide-ranging national debate over public housing from the New Deal to Nixon.