Segregation in Federally Subsidized Low-Income Housing in the United States (Praeger Series in Political Economy) - Hardcover

Rodney Green; Modibo Coulibaly; David M. James

 
9780275948207: Segregation in Federally Subsidized Low-Income Housing in the United States (Praeger Series in Political Economy)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 027594820X ISBN 13: 9780275948207
Publisher: Praeger (UK), 1998

Synopsis

Earlier studies of subsidized housing assume that segregation is a manifestation of white prejudice, and that the Fair Housing Act of 1968 would significantly remedy inequalities in housing and, in the process, narrow the socioeconomic gap between racial groups. This book argues, on the contrary, that segregation by race and income has been an integral part of federal housing policy from its inception and that white prejudice merely obscures the federal government's role in maintaining segregation.

Despite formal claims of providing decent, safe, and sanitary housing for the poor, the authors show how federal low-income housing programs have been used as instruments of urban renewal while doing little to realize their formal goals. The authors use a historical and statistical review of federally subsidized low-rent housing to demonstrate their thesis.

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About the Author

MODIBO COULIBALY is a Research Assistant in the Department of Economics at Howard University.

RODNEY D. GREEN is Professor of Economics at Howard University. His earlier books include Minority Displacement and Rapid Transit Station Site Development (1993) and Forecasting with Computer Models: Energy, Population, and Econometric Forecasting (Praeger, 1985).

DAVID M. JAMES is on the faculty at Howard University.

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Publisher
Praeger (UK)
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
027594820X
ISBN 13 
9780275948207
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
168