A new strategy proposed for producing affordable housing for low-income people through non-profit community-based organizations
Rachel G. Bratt is Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Environmental Policy, at Tufts University. She is co-editor of A Right to Housing: Foundation for a New Social Agenda (with Michael E. Stone and Chester Hartman) and Critical Perspectives on Housing (with Chester Hartman and Ann Meyerson), both published by Temple.
"A useful resource for planners an activist working on housing development. It provides a wealth of information about the positive and negative outcomes of various federal and local initiatives." -International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
"[L]ittle work has been done to show that a community-based housing program is a viable alternative. Rachel Bratt's new book...fills this void nicely by giving a detailed account of the recent emergence of community-based housing programs....Bratt is perhaps the country's leading expert in this area....While the main emphasis of the book is on community-based housing programs, an additional plus is a critical review of the history of United States housing programs which I found illuminating and insightful." -Journal of Urban Affairs