Public housing and the legacy of segregation / Margery Austin Turner, Susan J. Popkin, and Lynette Rawlings.

Author: Turner, Margery Austin, 1955-

Imprint:Washington, DC : Urban Institute Press, c2009.

Descriptionxv, 285 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:Transforming distressed public housing : acknowledging the relevance of race -- Building healthy mixed-income developments : barriers to neighborhood health and sustainability -- Investing in poor Black neighborhoods "as is" / Mary Patillo -- Retail development in changing neighborhoods : new markets, new investments, and the prospects for mixed-income, racially diverse populations / Victor Rubin -- Inclusive communities financial institutions : investing in a more ambitious vision for the future / Elizabeth K. Julian -- Similar problems, different solutions : race, housing, and renewal in the United Kingdom and the United States / Harris Beider -- Moving to neighborhoods of opportunity : overcoming segregation and discrimination in today's housing markets -- America and its Black ghettos / Alexander Polikoff -- Housing mobility counseling : what's missing? / Jennifer Lee O'Neil -- Staying in the 'hood : community relocation as a centerpiece for the next generation of urban revitalization / Michael Kelly -- The future of race-conscious goals in national housing policy / Philip Tegeler -- Preserving public housing subsidy : a call for maximum flexibility / Conrad Egan and Jennifer Lavorel -- Progressing toward self-sufficiency : challenges facing low-income minority workers in contemporary labor markets -- Fathers from the family to the fringe : practice, policy, and public housing / Kirk E. Harris -- Labor economics versus "barriers to work" versus human development : finding the right lends for looking at workforce attachment / Toby Herr and Suzanne L. Wagner -- The employment problems for Black men in segregated urban areas / Harry J. Holzer ---- Overcoming the legacy of racial segregation in public housing : implications for policy and practice.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-274) and index.

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