Invisible city
Subtitle: poverty, housing, and new urbanism
By: John Ingram Gilderbloom.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Austin, TX
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292717091; 9780292717107
Subjects: Low-income housing -- United States -- Case studies; Urban poor -- United States -- Case studies; People with disabilities -- Housing -- United States -- Case studies; Older people -- Housing -- United States -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview; title: Economic, social, and political dimensions of the rental housing crisis / with Richard P. Appelbaum and Michael Anthony Campbell; title: Why rents rise / with Zhenfeng Pan, Tom Lehman, Stephen A. Roosa, and Richard P. Appelbaum; title: Pros and cons of rent control / with Lin Ye; title: Invisible jail : providing housing and transportation for the elderly and disabled / with Mark S. Rosentraub; title: Hope VI : a dream or nightmare? / with Michael Brazley and Michael Anthony Campbell; title: Renewing and remaking New Orleans / with Richard Layman; title: University partnerships to reclaim and rebuild communities; title: Housing opportunities for everyone.