public housing

"It's June's first day at Huey House, and...[she] can't bring her cherished viola inside. Before the accident last year, her dad saved tip money for a year to buy her viola, and she's not about to give it up now. Tyrell has been at Huey House for three years and gives June a glimpse of the good things about living there: friendship, hot meals, and a classical musician next door. Can he and June work together to oppose the government, or will families be forced out of Huey House before they are ready?"--Provided by publisher.

"It's June's first day at Huey House, and...[she] can't bring her cherished viola inside. Before the accident last year, her dad saved tip money for a year to buy her viola, and she's not about to give it up now. Tyrell has been at Huey House for three years and gives June a glimpse of the good things about living there: friendship, hot meals, and a classical musician next door. Can he and June work together to oppose the government, or will families be forced out of Huey House before they are ready?"--Provided by publisher.

Thirteen-year-old Dellie is overcome with guilt and grief when her brother dies, but when she finds herself at odds with her best friend, Dellie reaches out to a neglected boy who lives in her building in the projects and learns how to have faith in herself from a new neighbor.

"Examines the fates of eight families struggling to pay their rent in the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, discussing the human cost of America's vast inequality"--Provided by publisher.

Thirteen-year-old Dellie is overcome with guilt and grief when her brother dies, but when she finds herself at odds with her best friend, Dellie reaches out to a neglected boy who lives in her building in the projects and learns how to have faith in herself from a new neighbor.

Highlights eight families in Milwaukee who are living in the poorest neighborhoods just barely getting by. Examines the eviction of families from their homes, and provides ideas for changing this increasingly common course in America.

In first-person accounts, former residents of Chicago's public housing projects describe life in the now-demolished high-rise apartments and the tone of the community life and poverty levels that existed.

A history of public housing in Boston from the almshouses of seventeenth-century Puritans to the housing projects of the mid-twentieth century.

Daquan Watson uses his gift for music to help him build a new future with New Orleans' biggest rap label, overcoming the dangers and tragedies of his childhood in the city's notorious, drug-infested projects, but even as he makes a new life for himself, Daquan wonders if he will ever be able to escape his urban upbringing.

With the help of a couple of successful friends, eighteen- and nineteen-year-old Teesha and Keeba try to capitalize on their talents by opening a hair salon in the run-down Brooklyn housing project where they live.