"To Clear a Rock-Bottom, Low-Density Slum": Using Public Housing Means to Meet Urban Renewal Ends in New Orleans, 1954-1959

"To Clear a Rock-Bottom, Low-Density Slum": Using Public Housing Means to Meet Urban Renewal Ends in New Orleans, 1954-1959

Unlike major cities across the country, New Orleans did not have the power to expropriate property to engage in urban renewal projects after 1954. Yet city officials desperately sought to meet the ends of urban renewal, specifically through public claims of slum clearance and private motivation t...

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Main Author: Slates, Stephanie L.
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UNO 2008
Subjects:
urban renewal
public housing
New Orleans
residential segregation
housing policy
Online Access:http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/665
http://scholarworks.uno.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1665&context=td

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http://scholarworks.uno.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1665&context=td

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