From Despair to Hope

Hope VI and the New Promise of Public Housing in America's Cities
Herausgeber: Cisneros, Henry G; Engdahl, Lora

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Produktbeschreibung

For decades, the federal government's failure to provide decent and affordable housing to very low-income families has given rise to severely distressed urban neighborhoods that defeat the best hopes of both residents and local officials.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 170mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9780815714255
• ISBN-10: 0815714254
• Artikelnr.: 24657932

Autorenporträt

"Henry G. Cisneros is executive chairman of the CityView companies, community-building firms dedicated to producing workforce homes in America's cities. A four-term mayor of San Antonio, he also served as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton. Lora Engdahl is a Washington, D.C.- based writer, editor, and housing consultant to government agencies, nonprofits, and media outlets. She writes KnowledgePlex Week in Review, an e-newsletter on housing policy trends nationwide. Kurt L. Schmoke is the Dean of the Howard University School of Law and a former mayor of Baltimore, Maryland."