Public housing and the legacy of segregation / Margery Austin Turner, Susan J. Popkin, and Lynette Rawlings.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Turner, Margery Austin, 1955-
Other Authors: Popkin, Susan J.
Rawlings, Lynette
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Urban Institute Press, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:
Discrimination in housing > United States > History > 20th century.
Public housing > United States > History > 20th century.
Low-income housing > United States > History > 20th century.
Public housing > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:xv, 285 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Transforming distressed public housing : acknowledging the relevance of race
  • Building healthy mixed-income developments : barriers to neighborhood health and sustainability
  • Investing in poor Black neighborhoods "as is" / Mary Patillo
  • Retail development in changing neighborhoods : new markets, new investments, and the prospects for mixed-income, racially diverse populations / Victor Rubin
  • Inclusive communities financial institutions : investing in a more ambitious vision for the future / Elizabeth K. Julian
  • Similar problems, different solutions : race, housing, and renewal in the United Kingdom and the United States / Harris Beider
  • Moving to neighborhoods of opportunity : overcoming segregation and discrimination in today's housing markets
  • America and its Black ghettos / Alexander Polikoff
  • Housing mobility counseling : what's missing? / Jennifer Lee O'Neil
  • Staying in the 'hood : community relocation as a centerpiece for the next generation of urban revitalization / Michael Kelly
  • The future of race-conscious goals in national housing policy / Philip Tegeler
  • Preserving public housing subsidy : a call for maximum flexibility / Conrad Egan and Jennifer Lavorel
  • Progressing toward self-sufficiency : challenges facing low-income minority workers in contemporary labor markets
  • Fathers from the family to the fringe : practice, policy, and public housing / Kirk E. Harris
  • Labor economics versus "barriers to work" versus human development : finding the right lends for looking at workforce attachment / Toby Herr and Suzanne L. Wagner
  • The employment problems for Black men in segregated urban areas / Harry J. Holzer
  • -- Overcoming the legacy of racial segregation in public housing : implications for policy and practice.