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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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/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 […]