The Strange Career of Public Housing: Policy, Planning, and the American Metropolis in the Twentieth Century

Journal of the American Planning Association, 78(4): 360-375, 2012

By: American Planning Association National, Joseph Heathcott

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01944363.2012.740296
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This article argues that the success or failure of a public housing development has to do with big, long-term forces in the cities in which they are located. It critiques public housing literature for focusing too narrowly on management, planning, and architecture, without looking at larger economic and demographic shifts.