tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54971580747276457262012-02-16T02:51:45.949-08:00Innovative Affordable Housing, Social Housing, Public Housing that works, Community Development, Economic Revitalization, Great DesignsDavid Hoickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01361856128450230761noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497158074727645726.post-7962740923144314112009-03-18T08:41:00.000-07:002009-03-18T08:47:14.473-07:00New Directions in Urban Public Housing<br /><br />Careful and thoughtful study of public housing history, issues and strategies<br /><br />New Directions in Urban Public Housing<br />David P. Varady, Wolfgang F.E. Preiser, and Francis P. Russell, Editors.<br /><br />Publisher: Rutgers<br />ISBN-10: 0882851608<br />ISBN-13: 978-0882851600<br /><br /> This is a thoughtful and useful book containing 12 chapters in 287 pages written by top notch experts in the housing field, whose views are timely, carefully stated with great detail and historical perspective. <br /><br /> First, the book provides a careful and thorough review of public housing history, showing how we got where we are, and why. Second, the book reviews important social issues for public housing, including resident empowerment, and what happens when different groups are mixed together such as elderly and dysfunctional youth. Third, the book reviews public housing design issues in detail with examples. Fourth is a detailed discussion of public housing revitalization, and a thoughtful discussion of alternative strategies for public housing success. Fifth proposes numerous policy directions for moving forward. <br /><br /> This book is an essential part of the library of public housing and social housing practitioners, who are concerned with achieving the best possible results in affordable housing for lower income families in today’s society. <br /><br />The contents of New Directions in Urban Public Housing are the following:<br /><br />A. Historical perspectives<br />1. Alexander von Hoffman, ‘High ambitions: the past and future of American low-income housing policy’<br />2. Peter Marcuse, ‘Mainstreaming public housing: a proposal for a comprehensive approach to housing policy’<br /><br />B. Social issues<br />3. William Peterman, ‘The meanings of resident empowerment: why just about everybody thinks it’s a good idea, and what it has to do with resident management’<br />4. Leonard F. Heumann, ‘Assisted living in public housing: a case study of mixing frail elderly and younger persons with chronic mental illness and substance abuse histories’<br /><br />C. Design issues<br />5. Karen A. Franck, ‘Changing values in US public housing policy and design’<br />6. David M. Schnee, ‘An evaluation of Robert Pitts Plaza: a post-occupancy evaluation of new public housing in San Francisco’<br /><br />D. Comprehensive approaches to public housing revitalization<br />7. Gayle Epp, ‘Emerging strategies for revitalizing public housing communities’<br />8. Lawrence J. Vale, ‘Public housing redevelopment: seven kinds of success’<br /><br />E. Future directions<br />9. Richard Best, ‘Successes, failures, and prospects for public housing policy in the United Kingdom’<br />10. Mary K. Nenno, ‘New directions for federally assisted housing: an agenda for the Department of Housing and Urban Development’<br />11. Irving Welfeld, ‘Gatreaux: baby steps to opportunity’<br /><br />F. Epilogue<br />12. James G. Stockard, Jr., ‘Public housing – the next sixty years?’<br /><br />By David Hoicka<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5497158074727645726-796274092314431411?l=david-hoicka.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Hoickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01361856128450230761noreply@blogger.com0