Chicago seems an ideal environment for public housing because of the city s relatively young age among major cities and well-deserved reputation for technology, innovation, and architecture. Yet "The Poorhouse: Subsidized Housing in Chicago" shows that the city s experience on the whole has been a negative one, raising serious questions about the nature of subsidized housing and whether we should have it and, if so, in what form.
Bowly, a native of the city, provides a detailed examination of subsidized housing in the nation s third-largest city. Now in its second edition, "The...
Chicago seems an ideal environment for public housing because of the city s relatively young age among major cities and well-deserved reputation fo...