housing policy

"A guide to understanding housing instability, supporting our unhoused neighbors, and reclaiming our humanity"--.

"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.

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

"Documents the evolution of HOPE VI, exploring what it accomplished replacing severely distressed public housing with mixed-income communities and where it fell short. Reveals how a program conceived to address a specific problem triggered a revolution in public housing and solidified principles that still guide urban policy today."--from the publisher.

Examines the issues of the poor and housing.

Opposing viewpoints on the issues of the homeless, debating what the causes are and what the government and society could do.