Modern Housing

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Modern Housing is a seminal 1934 book by housing reformer Catherine Bauer Wurster that helped shape modern public housing policy and urban planning in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
nonfiction book
addresses low-income housing needs
relationship between housing and social welfare
slum clearance
advocates federally supported public housing
large-scale, well-planned housing projects
associatedWith U.S. public housing movement
housing reform in the 1930s
author Catherine Bauer NERFINISHED
Catherine Bauer Wurster NERFINISHED
compares European housing policy and American housing policy
contributedTo development of federal housing legislation in the United States
intellectual foundation of New Deal housing programs
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs seminal work on public housing policy
discipline housing policy
focusesOn European social housing models
modern housing design
standards for workers’ housing
genre housing policy literature
urban studies literature
hasNotableAuthorRole author was a leading U.S. housing reformer
historicalContext New Deal era NERFINISHED
impact influenced planners and policymakers concerned with low-rent housing
shaped debates on state responsibility for housing
influenced public housing policy in the United States
urban planning in the United States
intendedAudience housing reformers
policy makers
urban planners
language English
mainSubject housing reform
public housing
social housing
urban planning
publicationYear 1934
timePeriodCovered early 20th century housing developments

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Catherine Bauer Wurster notableWork Modern Housing