Solomon, Arthur P. <br/><br/>
Housing the urban poor :   a critical evaluation of federal housing policy /  
Arthur P. Solomon 
 - Cambridge, MA :  The MIT Press,   c1974 
 - xv, 229 pages ;  23 cm. 
 - A Publication of the Joint Center for Urban Studies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University and Publication of the Joint Center for Urban Studies. .
<br/><br/> Includes index.  
<br/><br/>Preface -- Chapter 1. Poverty, housing and public policy -- Chapter 2. The choice of a housing policy -- Chapter 3. Improving housing conditions -- Chapter 4. Distributing the housing benefits -- Chapter 5. Estimating the municipal fiscal effect -- Chapter 6. Subsidized housing, jobs, and employment benefits -- Chapter 7. The costs of a subsidized housing -- Chapter 8. Evaluating social and environmental effects -- Chapter 9. Redirecting national housing policy -- Appendix -- Index.  
<br/><br/> This book documents the overriding need to redirect national housing policy if we are to improve the living conditions of the poor, restore the confidence of private investors and lenders in aging neighborhoods, and eliminate, or at least reduce, the serious dichotomy between suburb and central city.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0262191202 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>HOUSING POLICY--UNITED STATES.<br/>URBAN POOR--UNITED STATES. <br/>CITIES AND TOWNS--UNITED STATES. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD 7293 .S65 1974