Homes for living : the fight for social housing and a new American commons
(2025)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
363.50973/TARLETON,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Boston : Beacon Press, [2025]
DESCRIPTION
xiii, 261 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780807017807, 0807017809 :, 0807017809, 9780807017807
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
A Note on Process -- The Narrators -- Part I: The Public, The Goods -- Introduction: A House Divided -- Chapter 1: Social Homes -- Chapter 2: Living Cooperation -- Part II: Southbridge Towers -- Chapter 3: Let's Explore Our Options -- Chapter 4: An Offering -- Chapter 5: A Right to Profit -- Part III: ST. James Towers -- Chapter 6: A Piece of the Rock -- Chapter 7: Keeping the Faith -- Chapter 8: A Responsibility to Steward -- Part IV: Commonwealth -- Chapter 9: Land and Trust -- Chapter 10: Abundance and Return -- Chapter 11: Power and Politics -- Epilogue: After Cooperation
"A tale of two NYC affordable housing co-ops' struggle over privatization, public goods, and the future of American housing"--