LEADER 04345nam 22006974a 450 001 9910816771903321 005 20230207225528.0 010 $a1-281-09367-X 010 $a9786611093679 010 $a1-59213-433-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000339848 035 $a(EBL)298850 035 $a(OCoLC)290552101 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000238279 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218319 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238279 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10223105 035 $a(PQKB)10607697 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC298850 035 $a(OCoLC)966859886 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse54300 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL298850 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10182529 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL109367 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000339848 100 $a20050628d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 02$aA right to housing$b[electronic resource] $efoundation for a new social agenda /$fedited by Rachel G. Bratt, Michael E. Stone, and Chester Hartman 210 $aPhiladelphia, PA $cTemple University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (449 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59213-432-7 311 $a1-59213-431-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tWhy a right to housing is needed and makes sense: editors' introduction --$tThe economic environment of housing: income inequality and insecurity /$rChris Tilly --$tHousing affordability: one-third of a nation shelter-poor /$rMichael E. Stone --$tSegregation and discrimination in housing /$rNancy A. Denton --$tPernicious problems of housing finance /$rMichael E. Stone --$tFederal housing subsidies: who benefits and why? /$rPeter Dreier --$tThe permanent housing crisis: the failures of conservatism and the limitations of liberalism /$rPeter Marcuse, W. Dennis Keating --$tFederally-assisted housing in conflict: privatization or preservation? /$rEmily Paradise Achtenberg --$gBOX:$tPrivatizing rural rental housing /$rRobert Wiener --$tThe case for a right to housing /$rChester Hartman --$tThe role of the courts and a right to housing /$rDavid B. Bryson --$tHousing organizing for the long haul: building on experience /$rLarry Lamar Yates --$tSocial ownership /$rMichael E. Stone --$tSocial financing /$rMichael Swack --$tThe elderly and a right to housing /$rJon Bynoos, Christy M. Nishita --$tOpening doors: what a right to housing means for women /$rSusan Saegert, Hele?ne Clark --$tResponses to homelessness: past policies, future directions, and a right to housing /$rRob Rosenthal, Maria Foscarinis --$tCommunity development corporations: challenges in supporting a right to housing /$rRachel G. Bratt --$gBOX:$tOld and new challenges facing rural housing nonprofits /$rRobert Wiener --$tBetween devolution and the deep blue sea: what's a city or state to do? /$rJohn Emmeus David --$tHousing and economic security /$rRachel G. Bratt. 330 $aIn the 1949 Housing Act, Congress declared ""a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family"" our national housing goal. Today, little more than half a century later, upwards of 100 million people in the United States live in housing that is physically inadequate, unsafe, overcrowded, or unaffordable. The contributors to A Right to Housing consider the key issues related to America's housing crisis, including income inequality and insecurity, segregation and discrimination, the rights of the elderly, as well as legislative and judicial responses 606 $aHousing policy$zUnited States 606 $aRight to housing$zUnited States 606 $aHousing$zUnited States$xFinance 606 $aEquality$zUnited States 606 $aSocial justice$zUnited States 615 0$aHousing policy 615 0$aRight to housing 615 0$aHousing$xFinance. 615 0$aEquality 615 0$aSocial justice 676 $a363.5/0973 701 $aBratt$b Rachel G.$f1946-$01642741 701 $aStone$b Michael E.$f1942-$01642742 701 $aHartman$b Chester W$0272171 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816771903321 996 $aA right to housing$93987609 997 $aUNINA