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November/December 1997

November/December 1997

The Seventh Generation : GOP Aims to Shut Out Poor

by Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-New York City) In 1890, Jacob Riis’ groundbreaking book How the Other Half Lives chronicled the lives of thousands of families living in squalor in New York City. A horrified public cried out for reform, and the […]

November 30, 1997September 6, 2012 November/December 1997

November/December 1997

Public Housing Residents Confront Deregulation Strengthening Resident Capacity in New York City

by Victor Bach and Sara Hovde In New York City, public housing tenants stopped a privatization proposal in an unprecedented mobilization effort. But without continuing vigilance and technical support, public housing tenants will find themselves left out of decisions that […]

November 30, 1997August 30, 2012 November/December 1997

November/December 1997

It’s not the Housing, It’s the People

by Tom Angotti A Response to Timothy Ross It’s not the housing, Mr. Ross, it’s the people. They don’t care what kind of housing poor people live in. They just don’t like them if they’re poor and not white. If […]

November 30, 1997September 6, 2012 November/December 1997

November/December 1997

Public Housing Tenants Confront Deregulation Lessons from New Zealand

by Jacqueline Leavitt In New Zealand, there is no nonprofit third sector between public housing and the market. Tenants are organizing to keep rents down, limit privatization and create new “third-stream” alternatives. The Labour Party: The Unlikely Handmaiden In 1984, […]

November 30, 1997August 30, 2012 November/December 1997

November/December 1997

It’s Housing, Not Public Housing

By Timothy Ross Progressives face a dilemma in thinking about public housing. Many progressives support public housing because it helps low income people who are otherwise disadvantaged in a capitalist economy. Indeed, over a million people live in public housing […]

November 30, 1997August 30, 2012 November/December 1997

November/December 1997 Progressive Planning Magazine back issues

November/December 1997 Public Housing

Column The Seventh Generation: GOP Aims to Shut Out Poor  by Rep. Nydia Velazquez Feature Public Housing Tenants Confront Degegulation Strengthening Resident Capacity in New York City  by Victor Bach and Sara Hovde Lessons from New Zealand  by Jacqueline Leavitt […]

November 30, 1997September 6, 2012 November/December 1997, Progressive Planning Magazine back issues

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