The federal government & urban housing / R. Allen Hays.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Power, ideology, and public policy -- The ideological framework for housing policy -- Housing and human needs -- Federal housing assistance : depression to the moratorium -- New directions in housing assistance : 1973-1980 -- The federal role in community development -- Retrenchment and recovery : Reagan and George H.W. Bush -- Stagnation and progress : the Clinton era -- Housing in the 21st century.

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A comprehensive history of U.S. housing policy that illuminates the political struggles that have accompanied the nation's effort to assist those citizens who are in desperate need of decent, affordable housing. This work goes beyond simply describing current housing policy to situate it firmly within a broader political context. Specifically, the book examines American housing policy in the context of the ideological crosscurrents that have shaped virtually all areas of domestic policy. In this newly revised and expanded third edition, the author has updated the original material and added chapters covering the important developments in housing policy that have taken place since the publication of the second edition in 1995. Spanning more than eighty years, from the Great Depression to the first two years of the Obama administration, the book argues that while our nation's policy makers have learned a great deal about how to create and implement successful housing programs, the United States, as a country, has yet to summon the political will to address the urgent housing needs of its many citizens who are unable to afford decent housing on their own.

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