Integrating the Inner City | Dec 3, 2015
Dec 3, 2015
5:30PM - 8:30PM
Newberry Library, 60 W Walton St
Please join us on Thursday, December 3, at 5:30PM at the Newberry Library in downtown Chicago for a conversation with Rob Chaskin (UChicago SSA,) Mark Joseph (Case Western University,) and the National Public Housing Museum in celebration of the publication of Chaskin and Joseph's new book, "Integrating the Inner City - The Promise and Perils of Mixed-Income Public Housing Transformation." The event is free and open to the public, and food and beverages will be served. However, reservations are required.
In the most thorough examination of mixed-income public housing redevelopment to date, Robert J. Chaskin and Mark L. Joseph draw on five years of field research, in-depth interviews, and volumes of data to demonstrate that while considerable progress has been made in transforming the complexes physically, the integrationist goals of the policy have not been met. They provide a highly textured investigation into what it takes to design, finance, build, and populate a mixed-income development, and they illuminate the many challenges and limitations of the policy as a solution to urban poverty.
The authors will be joined in conversation by the Youth Advisory Council of the National Public Housing Museum, a group of CHA residents ages 14 to 21 who represent communities across Chicago including Dearborn Homes, Trumbull Park Homes, Stateway Gardens, and Harold Ickes Homes. The conversation will be moderated by WBEZ's Natalie Moore.
The event is jointly sponsored by the Urban Network, the National Public Housing Museum, the School of Social Service Administration, the Seminary Co-op Bookstore, the Kreisman Initiative for Law and Housing Policy, and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture.