Public housing in the United States has been a controversial sociopolitical topic since the years of the Great Depression. The issue of appropriate and secure habitation for the country's "deserving poor" continues to be of great importance as government subsidies become scarce in the early 21st ...
United States development of public housing has been nearly 80 years of history, from job creation to solve "the housing shortage" issues, to large-scale slum upgrading in the urban renewal movement, until in the 1990 of the 20th century, in place since the "HOPE" project, forming a more...
By 1937, the Wagner-Steagall Act solidified the government's role in constructing and administrating public housing nationwide. The nascent United States Housing Authority oversaw construction of a growing number of public housing projects in the years that followed. The beginning of WWII saw the war...
The history of social housing in Spain over the last two centuries has been influenced by factors of political and economic instability that have affected the entire country. This research examines these factors through the analysis of official legislati
Let your fireplace shine with these design tips. Maurie BackmanDec. 4, 2024 How Trump Could Impact Housing Frustrated about inflation and housing affordability, voters are hoping the Trump administration can bring down home prices. Geoff WilliamsDec. 3, 2024...
Cabrini-Green, public housing development in Chicago, Illinois. Cabrini-Green was once a model of successful public housing, but poor planning, physical deterioration, and managerial neglect, coupled with gang violence, drugs, and chronic unemployment, t
When the United States entered World War II, William Levitt joined the Navy. He served honorably and came home to the family business. There had never been a better time to build middle-class houses. Young veterans flooded into the market, ready to start their own families, and the gove...
curator of the 14th International Architecture exhibition, that architecture focus on its “fundamentals.” House Housing replies by considering architecture’s economic fundamentals, which locate housing at the center of the current economic regime, with the United States as an influential...
it was a mecca for tourists from theUnited States, who were drawn by the city’s many attractions, which included climate and nightlife in addition to history. During the following years, however, despite its continued importance as the island’s major economic hub, Havana lost much of its ...
Image Courtesy of The European Prize for Public Urban Space The 2024 European Prize for Urban Public Space has announced the overall winners for the 12th edition: For the General Category, the "Park at the Warsaw Uprising Mound" in Poland by studios topoScape and Archigrest received recognition...