The Poorhouse

by Bowly, Devereux, Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780809330522
• ISBN10: 0809330520
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-08-22
• Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr

Summary

Chicago seems an ideal environment for public housing because of the city's relatively young age among major cities and well-deserved reputation for technology, innovation, and architecture. Yet The Poorhouse: Subsidized Housing in Chicagoshows that the city's experience on the whole has been a negative one, raising serious questions about the nature of subsidized housing and whether we should have it and, if so, in what form. Bowly, a native of the city, provides a detailed examination of subsidized housing in the nation's third-largest city. Now in its second edition, The Poorhouselooks at the history of public housing and subsidized housing in Chicago from 1895 to the present day. Five new chapters that cover the decline and federal takeover of the Chicago Housing Authority, and its more recent "transformation," which involved the demolition of the CHA family high-rise buildings and in some cases their replacement with low-risemixed income housing on the same sites. Fifty new photos supplement this edition.

Author Biography

Devereux Bowly Jr. for many years was an attorney with the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago. He has published more than three dozen articles on Chicago history and architecture and has been actively involved with community groups in Chicago, including the Hyde Park Historical Society.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	p. vii
Preface to the First Edition	p. ix
Philanthropic Housing Projects	p. 1
Early Public Housing	p. 15
Chicago Housing Authority: The War Years	p. 30
Chicago Housing Authority: The Middle Years	p. 49
Chicago Housing Authority: Years of Turmoil	p. 67
Chicago Dwellings Association	p. 83
Chicago Housing Authority: The High-Rise Years	p. 98
The Community Renewal Foundation and the Kate Maremont Foundation	p. 120
Federally Subsidized, Privately Sponsored Housing	p. 137
Chicago Housing Authority: The Fourth Decade	p. 162
The Illinois Housing Development Authority	p. 181
Chicago Housing Authority: Years of Decline	p. 194
Subsidized Housing on Other Fronts	p. 202
Buildup to the Transformation	p. 215
The Transformation of the Chicago Housing Authority	p. 221
Afterword	p. 245
Notes	p. 257
Index	p. 265
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