new attitude towards provision of affordable housing: a case study on the tent city project in Boston's south end.
Published: 1991
Language: eng
Subjects: Housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End.; Building Reuse -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End -- Affordable Housing.; Political participation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End -- Affordable Housing.; Development Projects -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End -- Affordable Housing.; South End Project Area Committee (SEPAC); Tent City, Boston (Mass.); City planning -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End -- Affordable Housing -- Issues.; Yarmouth Street, Boston (Mass.)
Description: ...prepared for the BRA (?); includes a brief survey of housing project development in the South End, a history of Tent City and the role of the South End Project Area Committee (SEPAC) in it's development and describes goals and objectives of a building reuse project on Yarmouth Street that would expand affordable housing; also discusses urban design issues, mixed income (of tenants) as a way of overcoming social stigma, financing, citizen participation, etc.; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection...