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The Mutual Housing Experiment: New Deal Communities for the Urban Middle Class
Kristin M Szylvian
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Description for The Mutual Housing Experiment: New Deal Communities for the Urban Middle Class
Paperback. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
In 1940, the U.S. Federal Works Agency created an experimental housing program for industrial workers. Eight model communities were leased and later sold to the residents, who formed a non-profit corporation called a mutual housing association. Further development of housing under the mutual housing plan was stymied by controversies around radical politics and race, and questions over whether the federal government should be involved in housing policy.
In The Mutual Housing Experiment, Kristin Szylvian examines 32 mutual housing associations that are still in existence today, and offers strong evidence to show that federal public housing policy was not ... Read more
In 1940, the U.S. Federal Works Agency created an experimental housing program for industrial workers. Eight model communities were leased and later sold to the residents, who formed a non-profit corporation called a mutual housing association. Further development of housing under the mutual housing plan was stymied by controversies around radical politics and race, and questions over whether the federal government should be involved in housing policy.
In The Mutual Housing Experiment, Kristin Szylvian examines 32 mutual housing associations that are still in existence today, and offers strong evidence to show that federal public housing policy was not ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
Series
Urban Life, Landscape and Policy
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781439912065
SKU
V9781439912065
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About Kristin M Szylvian
Kristin M. Szylvian is Associate Professor of History and Library and Information Science at St. John's University in New York City.
Reviews for The Mutual Housing Experiment: New Deal Communities for the Urban Middle Class
"Szylvian treats readers to the fruits of her extensive research locating and piecing together the records of many government agencies and individuals...to tell the story of the mutual housing program during and immediately after WWII. The Federal Works Agency created the Mutual Plan, but the WWII housing crisis (the 1940s are an understudied era in housing policy) provided a critical ... Read more