The Poor Side of Town - by Howard A Husock (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The book combines a critique of more than a century of housing reform policies--including public and other subsidized housing, as well as exclusionary zoning--with the idea that small houses --a poor side of town--helps those of modest means build financial assets and join in the local democratic process. It is more an historic narrative than a straight policy book, however--telling stories of Jacob Riis, zoning reformer Lawrence Veiller, anti-reformer Jane Jacobs; housing developer William Levitt; African- American small homes advocate Rev. Johnnie Ray Youngblood, as welll as first person accounts of one- time residents of neighborhoods such as Detroit's Black Bottom who lose their homes and businesses to housing reform and urban renewal. It combines reportage and policy in a way intenced to engage readers"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>This book combines a critique of more than a century of housing reform policies, including public and other subsidized housing as well as exclusionary zoning, with the idea that simple low-cost housing--a poor side of town--helps those of modest means build financial assets and join in the local democratic process. It is more of a historical narrative than a straight policy book, however--telling stories of Jacob Riis, zoning reformer Lawrence Veiller, anti-reformer Jane Jacobs, housing developer William Levitt, and African American small homes advocate Rev. Johnny Ray Youngblood, as well as first-person accounts of onetime residents of neighborhoods such as Detroit's Black Bottom who lost their homes and businesses to housing reform and urban renewal. This is a book with important policy implications--built on powerful, personal stories.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Howard Husock is an Adjunct Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute as well as a Contributing Editor to <i>City Journal</i>. From 2006-2019 he served as Vice-President, Research and Publications at the Manhattan Institute; from 1987-2006 he was the Director, of Case Studies in Public Policy and Management at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. His work at WGBH-TV, Boston (1978-87) won a National News and Documentary Emmy Award, New England Emmy awards, and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Television. He is the author of <i>America's Trillion-Dollar Housing Policy Mistake: The Failure of American Housing Policy</i> (Ivan R. Dee, 2003); <i>Philanthropy Under Fire</i> (Encounter, 2015) and <i>Who Killed Civil Society?</i> (Encounter, 2019). He is married to the ceramic artist Robin Henschel.</p>
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