Contents

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Public Housing and Urban Planning Orthodoxy

1. The Quiet Successes and Loud Failures of Public Housing

2. Dismantling Public Housing

3. Demolition in Chicago, New Orleans, and Atlanta

4. “Negro Removal” Revisited

5. The Fate of Displaced Persons and Families

6. Effects and Prospects in Revitalized Communities

Conclusion: The Future of Public Housing

Appendix

Notes

References