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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454369503321

Autore

Gilderbloom John Ingram

Titolo

Invisible city [[electronic resource] ] : poverty, housing, and new urbanism / / John Ingram Gilderbloom ; foreword by Neal Peirce

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, 2008

ISBN

0-292-79458-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Disciplina

363.50973

Soggetti

Low-income housing - United States

Urban poor - United States

People with disabilities - Housing - United States

Older people - Housing - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-242) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction and overview -- Economic, social, and political dimensions of the rental housing crisis / with Richard P. Appelbaum and Michael Anthony Campbell -- Why rents rise / with Zhenfeng Pan, Tom Lehman, Stephen A. Roosa, and Richard P. Appelbaum -- Pros and cons of rent control / with Lin Ye -- Invisible jail : providing housing and transportation for the elderly and disabled / with Mark S. Rosentraub -- Hope VI : a dream or nightmare? / with Michael Brazley and Michael Anthony Campbell -- Renewing and remaking New Orleans / with Richard Layman -- University partnerships to reclaim and rebuild communities -- Housing opportunities for everyone.