A right to housing foundation for a new social agenda / [electronic resource] : edited by Rachel G. Bratt, Michael E. Stone, and Chester Hartman. - Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, c2006. - vi, 440 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why a right to housing is needed and makes sense: editors' introduction -- The economic environment of housing: income inequality and insecurity / Housing affordability: one-third of a nation shelter-poor / Segregation and discrimination in housing / Pernicious problems of housing finance / Federal housing subsidies: who benefits and why? / The permanent housing crisis: the failures of conservatism and the limitations of liberalism / Federally-assisted housing in conflict: privatization or preservation? / Privatizing rural rental housing / The case for a right to housing / The role of the courts and a right to housing / Housing organizing for the long haul: building on experience / Social ownership / Social financing / The elderly and a right to housing / Opening doors: what a right to housing means for women / Responses to homelessness: past policies, future directions, and a right to housing / Community development corporations: challenges in supporting a right to housing / Old and new challenges facing rural housing nonprofits / Between devolution and the deep blue sea: what's a city or state to do? / Housing and economic security / Chris Tilly -- Michael E. Stone -- Nancy A. Denton -- Michael E. Stone -- Peter Dreier -- Peter Marcuse, W. Dennis Keating -- Emily Paradise Achtenberg -- Robert Wiener -- Chester Hartman -- David B. Bryson -- Larry Lamar Yates -- Michael E. Stone -- Michael Swack -- Jon Bynoos, Christy M. Nishita -- Susan Saegert, Heléne Clark -- Rob Rosenthal, Maria Foscarinis -- Rachel G. Bratt -- Robert Wiener -- John Emmeus David -- Rachel G. Bratt. BOX: BOX:


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Housing policy--United States.
Right to housing--United States.
Housing--Finance.--United States
Equality--United States.
Social justice--United States.


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