Contents
AbbreviationsIntroduction
1. “To Provide Decent, Safe, and Sanitary Housing”: San Francisco’s Housing Authority2. The Contested Mission of Valencia Gardens3. “Peace and Prosperity Dwell among Virtuous Neighbors”: Chinatown’s Public Housing4. “The Best Project in Town”: North Beach Place
Conclusion: Looking Back, Moving Forward
AcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
Amy L. Howard is executive director of the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement and associated faculty in American studies at the University of Richmond.
"With an eye toward the West, and San Francisco in paritcular, this
book enriches our knowledge of public housing, particularly policy
debates and-laudably-working-class people's lived experiences and
interactions with the State." -Rhonda Y. Williams, author of The
Politics of Public Housing: Black Women's Struggles against Urban
Inequality
"More Than Shelter adds San Francisco to the short list of
American cities that have had their public housing story told well
from multiple perspectives. The book is engagingly written and
offers new contexts and stories of distinctive community sagas that
challenge conventional assumptions about the downward trajectory of
American public housing. As such, it is another significant
contribution to revisionist thinking about public housing, an
urgent message at a time when government efforts to provide deep
housing subsidies to low-income families continue to be under
attack." -Lawrence Vale, MIT
"This book not only combats the moralistic stereotyping of
public housing residents, but its uniquely West Coast perspective
adds to the national narrative."-Planning Magazine"A powerful
antidote to the one-dimensional portrayal of public housing
residents and the context of their lives. A groundbreaking
accomplishment and a must-read for anyone contemplating the future
of low-income housing in the United
States."-Shelterforce"Well-written and detailed."-Journal of
American History"More Than Shelter offers an important bottom-up
history of tenant struggles in public housing in San Francisco and
its pages hold stories and lessons well worth exploring."-Working
USA: The Journal of Labor & Society"Amy Howard paints a compelling
portrait of public-housing residents as politically active citizens
whose pride and sense of ownership lead to community activism and
change."-Contemporary Sociology"Howard’s work sheds an important
light on the impact of public housing policies on
communities."-Jennifer Chutter, Left History "Using an
interdisciplinary approach, pairing participant observation with an
extensive collection of oral histories and archival research to
trace the history of public housing activism in San Francisco, More
Than Shelter rejuvenates a needed conversation over affordable
public housing in urban cities across the United States."-City &
Society
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