The poorhouse : subsidized housing in Chicago /

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Author / Creator:Bowly, Devereux, Jr.
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2012.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8922365
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ISBN:9780809390687 (electronic bk.)
080939068X (electronic bk.)
9780809330522
0809330520
Notes:Rev. ed. of: The poorhouse : subsidized housing in Chicago, 1895-1976. c1978.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Other form:Print version: Bowly, Devereux, 1942- Poorhouse. 2nd ed. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2012 9780809330522
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Chicago seems an ideal environment for public housing because of the city's relatively young age among major cities and well-deserved reputation for technology, innovation, and architecture. Yet The Poorhouse: Subsidized Housing in Chicago shows that the city's experience on the whole has been a negative one, raising serious questions about the nature of subsidized housing and whether we should have it and, if so, in what form.

Bowly, a native of the city, provides a detailed examination of subsidized housing in the nation's third-largest city. Now in its second edition, The Poorhouse looks at the history of public housing and subsidized housing in Chicago from 1895 to the present day. Five new chapters that cover the decline and federal takeover of the Chicago Housing Authority, and its more recent "transformation," which involved the demolition of the CHA family high-rise buildings and in some cases their replacement with low-risemixed income housing on the same sites. Fifty new photos supplement this edition.

Certificate of Excellence from the Illinois State Historical Society, 2013

Item Description:Rev. ed. of: The poorhouse : subsidized housing in Chicago, 1895-1976. c1978.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780809390687
080939068X
9780809330522
0809330520