Segregation in Federally Subsidized Low-Income Housing in the United States

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Modibo Coulibaly, Rodney D. Green, David M. James

Book Code: C4820

ISBN: 0-275-94820-X

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-94820-7

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168 pages, tables

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 3/30/1998

List Price: $125.00 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Praeger Series in Political Economy

Reviews:

...provides valuable information on the racial segregation that was an overt part of the public housing program of the past. It is important for students of assisted housing to learn this history. The book also assembles a great deal of current data describing the occupancy of subsidized housing by race and the siting of that housing in terms of income....those interested in the evaluation of assisted housing programs will find this information to be insightful.
—APA Journal Winter 1999

Description: Earlier studies of subsidized housing assume that segregation is a manifestation of white prejudice, and that the Fair Housing Act of 1968 would significantly remedy inequalities in housing and, in the process, narrow the socioeconomic gap between racial groups. This book argues, on the contrary, that segregation by race and income has been an integral part of federal housing policy from its inception and that white prejudice merely obscures the federal government's role in maintaining segregation. Despite formal claims of providing decent, safe, and sanitary housing for the poor, the authors show how federal low-income housing programs have been used as instruments of urban renewal while doing little to realize their formal goals. The authors use a historical and statistical review of federally subsidized low-rent housing to demonstrate their thesis.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
Housing, History, and Schools of Thought
Development of Low-Income Housing in the United States
Research Procedure
Patterns of Segregation in Low-Income Housing, 1932-1963
Patterns of Racial Segregation and Economic Isolation, 1964-1992
Trends in Subsidized Housing Segregation
Appendix
Selected Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 97-23347

LCC Class: HD7288

Dewey Class: 363


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