The Mutual Housing Experiment by Kristin M Szylvian PAPERBACK 9781439912065

The Mutual Housing Experiment\nby Kristin M Szylvian\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Kristin M Szylvian\nTitle: The Mutual Housing Experiment\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History of the Americas\nPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S.\nPublication year: 2016\nISBN-13: 9781439912065\nISBN-10: 1439912068\nRRP: \u00A323.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nIn 1940, the U.S. Federal Works Agency created an experimental housing program for industrial workers. Eight model communities were leased and later sold to the residents, who formed a non-profit corporation called a mutual housing association. Further development of housing under the mutual housing plan was stymied by controversies around radical politics and race, and questions over whether the federal government shoul.