A Right to Housing - Foundation for a New Social Agenda

Klappentext In 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 to homelessness. The book offers a detailed examination of how access to adequate housing is directly related to economic security. With essays by leading activists and scholars, this book presents a powerful and compelling analysis of the persistent inability of the U.S. to meet many of its citizens' housing needs, and a comprehensive proposal for progressive change. Zusammenfassung Compelling analysis of the persistent inability of the United States to meet the housing needs of a large portion of its people.

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• Autori: Rachel G. (EDT)/ Stone Bratt
• Con la collaborazione di: Rachel Bratt (Editore), Chester Hartman (Editore), Michael Stone (Editore)
• Editore: Temple University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2006
• EAN: 9781592134311
• ISBN: 978-1-59213-431-1
• Pagine: 440
• Dimensioni: 178 mm x 248 mm x 32 mm
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Pianificazione urbanistica, territoriale e del paesaggio; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura; Politik der National- Zentral- oder Bundesregierung, Sozialwesen und Sozialsysteme, Stadt- und Gemeindeplanung