A right to housing foundation for a new social agenda - Bratt, Rachel G., 1946-; Stone, Michael E., 1942-; Hartman, Chester W.; ProQuest (Firm) (Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2006)
Why a right to housing is needed and makes sense: editors' introduction -- The economic environment of housing: income inequality and insecurity / Chris Tilly -- Housing affordability: one-third of a nation shelter-poor / Michael E. Stone -- Segregation and discrimination in housing / Nancy A. Denton -- Pernicious problems of housing finance / Michael E. Stone -- Federal housing subsidies: who benefits and why? / Peter Dreier -- The permanent housing crisis: the failures of conservatism and the limitations of liberalism / Peter Marcuse, W. Dennis Keating -- Federally-assisted housing in conflict: privatization or preservation? / Emily Paradise Achtenberg -- BOX: Privatizing rural rental housing / Robert Wiener -- The case for a right to housing / Chester Hartman -- The role of the courts and a right to housing / David B. Bryson -- Housing organizing for the long haul: building on experience / Larry Lamar Yates -- Social ownership / Michael E. Stone -- Social financing / Michael Swack -- The elderly and a right to housing / Jon Bynoos, Christy M. Nishita -- Opening doors: what a right to housing means for women / Susan Saegert, Helene Clark -- Responses to homelessness: past policies, future directions, and a right to housing / Rob Rosenthal, Maria Foscarinis -- Community development corporations: challenges in supporting a right to housing / Rachel G. Bratt -- BOX: Old and new challenges facing rural housing nonprofits / Robert Wiener -- Between devolution and the deep blue sea: what's a city or state to do? / John Emmeus David -- Housing and economic security / Rachel G. Bratt.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Keywords: Housing policy -- United States; Right to housing -- United States; Housing -- United States -- Finance; Equality -- United States; Social justice -- United States; Electronic books