The Unintended Consequences Family and Community, the Victims of Isolated Poverty

by Banks, James G.; Banks, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780761828563
• ISBN10: 0761828567
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-03
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

The Unintended Consequences describes the tremendous impact of housing policy, which oftentimes discourages communities and inhibits family stability. The book traces housing history from the Victorian Era in London to the present. It gives special attention to Washington, D.C., presenting various grassroots programs that have grown to provide community support in severely impoverished areas.

Author Biography

James G. Banks, a native and resident of Washington, D.C., served as an official for housing programs at the local and federal levels for nearly thirty years. He serves as a housing consultant for numerous clients, including the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal National Mortgage Association Peter S. Banks is a legal aide at the law offices of Arthur F. Konopka in Washington, D.C. He is a former field representative for the Institute of Southern Jewish Life

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	viii
Foreword	ix
Preface	xi
Introduction	xv
Victorian England	xv
New York Tenements	xvi
Notes	xix
The Unintended Consequences	1	(10)
Public Housing	3	(1)
Community	4	(1)
Services	5	(1)
Out of Control	6	(1)
The New Social Control	7	(1)
Children	7	(4)
Divergent Neighborhoods	11	(10)
Barry Farm	11	(6)
Southwest	17	(2)
Notes	19	(2)
The Creation of Public Housing	21	(8)
The Housing Act of 1937	22	(2)
Residents of Public Housing	24	(2)
Social Programs	26	(2)
Notes	28	(1)
Early Public Housing in Washington, D.C.	29	(8)
The Alley Dwelling Authority	30	(1)
Working in Public Housing	30	(3)
Life in War Housing	33	(1)
The Status of Public Housing	34	(1)
Changes in Anacostia	34	(1)
Notes	35	(2)
Postwar Housing	37	(4)
The Rise of Urban Renewal	37	(1)
Public Housing Statistics	38	(1)
Warnings Against Concentrated Poverty	39	(1)
Notes	40	(1)
The Urban Renewal Experience	41	(8)
The Relocation of Residents	42	(4)
The Relocation of Businesses	46	(1)
Dilemma of Urban Renewal	47	(2)
Programs of the Great Society	49	(6)
The 1960s	49	(1)
The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964	50	(1)
The Housing and urban Development Act of 1965	51	(1)
Model Cities	52	(1)
Tenant Unrest in Public Housing	52	(1)
The Brooke Amendments	53	(1)
Notes	54	(1)
The Poverty Program	55	(8)
UPO	55	(2)
The Perspective of an Executive Director	57	(4)
A Study of Anacostia	61	(1)
Notes	62	(1)
The Decline of Public Housing	63	(12)
Parklands	64	(1)
Public Housing Statistics	65	(1)
Changing Cities	66	(1)
Omnibus Act of 1981	67	(1)
Segregation in Public Housing	68	(2)
Resident Experiences	70	(4)
Notes	74	(1)
Crime and Education	75	(12)
The Proliferation of Crime	75	(2)
Responses to Crime	77	(1)
Incarceration	78	(1)
Drug-related Crime	79	(1)
Police Experience	80	(3)
Urban Public Education	83	(2)
Notes	85	(2)
Change in Washington, DC	87	(20)
Turning Around a Community	88	(1)
Anacostia/Congress Heights Partnerships	89	(1)
Children's Center	90	(1)
Established Neighborhood Institutions	91	(2)
Coordinating Services	93	(1)
The Efforts of Individuals	94	(5)
Brenda Jones	94	(2)
Jackie Massey	96	(1)
Dorothea Ferrell	97	(2)
Community Preservation and Development Corporation	99	(3)
The Center for Mental Health	102	(1)
Hope VI	102	(3)
Notes	105	(2)
Conclusions and Recommendations	107	(16)
Intent	109	(1)
Consequence: Deterioration of Community and Family Life	110	(1)
Consequence: Deterioration of Public Education	111	(1)
Consequence: Deterioration of Social Services	112	(1)
Consequence: Crime	113	(1)
Consequence: Deterioration of Neighborhood Businesses	113	(1)
Recommendations	114	(1)
Remaining Committed to Growing Community	115	(2)
The Learning Environment	117	(1)
Recognition of Family and Community	118	(3)
Notes	121	(2)
Bibliography	123	(6)
Index	129	(8)
About the Authors	137