Report of the Activities...and Accomplishments of the Boston Housing Authority, January 1, 1950-December 31, 1952
Author: Boston Housing Authority
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 40
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Author: Boston Housing Authority
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 40
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Published: 1959
Total Pages: 43
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lawrence J. Vale
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009-07-01
Total Pages: 477
ISBN-13: 0674044576
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the almshouses of seventeenth-century Puritans to the massive housing projects of the mid-twentieth century, the struggle over housing assistance in the United States has exposed a deep-seated ambivalence about the place of the urban poor. Lawrence J. Vale's groundbreaking book is both a comprehensive institutional history of public housing in Boston and a broader examination of the nature and extent of public obligation to house socially and economically marginal Americans during the past 350 years. First, Vale highlights startling continuities both in the way housing assistance has been delivered to the American poor and in the policies used to reward the nonpoor. He traces the stormy history of the Boston Housing Authority, a saga of entrenched patronage and virulent racism tempered, and partially overcome, by the efforts of unyielding reformers. He explores the birth of public housing as a program intended to reward the upwardly mobile working poor, details its painful transformation into a system designed to cope with society's least advantaged, and questions current policy efforts aimed at returning to a system of rewards for responsible members of the working class. The troubled story of Boston public housing exposes the mixed motives and ideological complexity that have long characterized housing in America, from the Puritans to the projects.
Author: Jane Roessner
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 1555534368
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A Decent Place to Live is a fabulous piece of work. Well-written, candid and engaging, its honesty is refreshing; nothing is swept under the rug. The voices of the tenants carry the story forward, but the transformation of Columbia Point is set in a political context and the impact of government policies is explored. A valuable resource for urban planners, architects, housing policy makers, and developers." -- Hubert E. Jones, Assistant Chancellor for Urban Affairs, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Author: Boston Housing Authority
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Published: 1941
Total Pages: 104
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 860
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Published: 1954
Total Pages: 940
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Boston Housing Authority
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2016-09-28
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9781333778729
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Reviewing the Activities of the Boston Housing Authority, 1936-1940 The elimination of slums can be found to be a direct benefit and advantage to all of the people, to be a matter not readily approached through private initiative but demanding coordinated effort by a single authority, to be in line with the purposes of promoting public safety, health and welfare for which the government of the Commonwealth was established. And to require for its successful accomplishment the exercise of the power of eminent domain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Published: 2011
Total Pages: 8
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Published: 1954
Total Pages: 844
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