Just Housing
The Moral Foundations of American Housing Policy
- Paperback
328 pages
- Release Date
21 September 2021
Summary
A new conception of housing justice grounded in moral principles that appeal to the home’s special connection to American life.
In response to the twin crises of homelessness and housing insecurity, an emerging “housing justice” coalition argues that America’s apparent inability to provide decent housing for all is a moral failing. Yet if housing is a right, as housing justice advocates contend, what is the content of that right? In a wide-ranging examination of these issues, Casey Da…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262543071 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262543079 |
| Author: | Casey J. Dawkins |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 21 September 2021 |
| Weight: | 368g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Urban and Industrial Environments |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“A very relevant and a high-quality contribution to the literature on housing and urban studies.” – Papers in Regional Science
“A very relevant and a high-quality contribution to the literature on housing and urban studies.”
—Edwin Buitelaar, Papers in Regional Science
“A thorough, engaging treatise on housing justice. Anyone focused on social justice issues generally will have a great deal of interest in Dawkins’s book.”
—CHOICE
“An important contribution to the American housing policy and advocacy conversation.”
—Journal of Urban Affairs
“Makes a strong case for its argument regarding housing security. Further, it goes beyond most discussions of housing policy in specifying the broad purposes of policy and rooting them in the theoretical literature.”
—International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
About The Author
Casey J. Dawkins
Casey J. Dawkins is Professor of Urban Studies and Planning and Affiliate of the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland. He is coauthor of The Social Impacts of Urban Containment.
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