Housing the city by the bay : tenant activism, civil rights, and class politics in San Francisco /
Baranski, John,
Housing the city by the bay : tenant activism, civil rights, and class politics in San Francisco / John Baranski. - 1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-288) and index.
Introduction -- Progressive era housing reform -- The San Francisco Housing Authority and the new deal -- Public housing, race, and conflicting visions of democracy and the state -- Prosperity, development, and institutional racism in the Cold War -- Something to help themselves -- Out of step with Washington -- All housing is public -- Privatizing the public in the dot-com era -- Conclusion.
San Francisco has always had an affordable housing problem. Starting in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake and ending with the dot-com boom, Housing the City by the Bay considers the history of one proposed answer to the city's ongoing housing crisis: public housing. John Baranski follows the ebbs and flows of San Francisco's public housing program: the Progressive Era and New Deal reforms that led to the creation of the San Francisco Housing Authority in 1938, conflicts over urban renewal and desegregation, and the federal and local efforts to privatize government housing at the turn of the twenty-first century. This history of public housing sheds light on changing attitudes towards liberalism, the welfare state, and the economic and civil rights attached to citizenship. Baranski details the ways San Francisco residents turned to the public housing program to build class-based political movements in a multi-racial city and introduces us to the individuals--community activists, politicians, reformers, and city employees--who were continually forced to seek new strategies to achieve their aims as the winds of federal legislation shifted. Ultimately, Housing the City by the Bay advances the idea that public housing remains a vital part of the social and political landscape, intimately connected to the struggle for economic rights in urban America.
9781503607620 (electronic book) 1503607623 (electronic book) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
2018037791
Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco--History.
Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco.
Public housing--History.--California--San Francisco
Housing policy--History.--California--San Francisco
Low-income tenants--Political activity--History.--California--San Francisco
Civil rights--History.--California--San Francisco
Logement social--Histoire.--Californie--San Francisco
Logement--Politique gouvernementale--Histoire.--Californie--San Francisco
Locataires à faible revenu--Activité politique--Histoire.--Californie--San Francisco
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Civil rights.
Housing policy.
Public housing.
California--San Francisco.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HD7288.78.U52
363.509794/61
Housing the city by the bay : tenant activism, civil rights, and class politics in San Francisco / John Baranski. - 1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-288) and index.
Introduction -- Progressive era housing reform -- The San Francisco Housing Authority and the new deal -- Public housing, race, and conflicting visions of democracy and the state -- Prosperity, development, and institutional racism in the Cold War -- Something to help themselves -- Out of step with Washington -- All housing is public -- Privatizing the public in the dot-com era -- Conclusion.
San Francisco has always had an affordable housing problem. Starting in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake and ending with the dot-com boom, Housing the City by the Bay considers the history of one proposed answer to the city's ongoing housing crisis: public housing. John Baranski follows the ebbs and flows of San Francisco's public housing program: the Progressive Era and New Deal reforms that led to the creation of the San Francisco Housing Authority in 1938, conflicts over urban renewal and desegregation, and the federal and local efforts to privatize government housing at the turn of the twenty-first century. This history of public housing sheds light on changing attitudes towards liberalism, the welfare state, and the economic and civil rights attached to citizenship. Baranski details the ways San Francisco residents turned to the public housing program to build class-based political movements in a multi-racial city and introduces us to the individuals--community activists, politicians, reformers, and city employees--who were continually forced to seek new strategies to achieve their aims as the winds of federal legislation shifted. Ultimately, Housing the City by the Bay advances the idea that public housing remains a vital part of the social and political landscape, intimately connected to the struggle for economic rights in urban America.
9781503607620 (electronic book) 1503607623 (electronic book) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
2018037791
Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco--History.
Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco.
Public housing--History.--California--San Francisco
Housing policy--History.--California--San Francisco
Low-income tenants--Political activity--History.--California--San Francisco
Civil rights--History.--California--San Francisco
Logement social--Histoire.--Californie--San Francisco
Logement--Politique gouvernementale--Histoire.--Californie--San Francisco
Locataires à faible revenu--Activité politique--Histoire.--Californie--San Francisco
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Civil rights.
Housing policy.
Public housing.
California--San Francisco.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HD7288.78.U52
363.509794/61