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Special Project: Public Housing, Neil Cohen, John K. Johnson, Jr., Gary D. Lander, Finley L. Taylor, John G. Webb, Iii
Special Project: Public Housing, Neil Cohen, John K. Johnson, Jr., Gary D. Lander, Finley L. Taylor, John G. Webb, Iii
Vanderbilt Law Review
Despite the general prosperity of this country, a cursory survey of any American town or city will reveal that many Americans live in housing which is "substandard." Frequently one sees unpainted houses characterized by broken windows and inadequate sanitary facilities. In urban areas, the ever present tenement is often filled with too many people and not enough toilets; stairs are dangerous and refuse lies uncollected in the halls. Rooms without windows are common, while those blessed with windows frequently receive little light--the only view is another window of another building. Disease and discomfort are everywhere.These conditions, however, are neither new …
Metropolitan Problems And Local Government Structure: An Examination Of Old And New Issues, Daniel R. Grant
Metropolitan Problems And Local Government Structure: An Examination Of Old And New Issues, Daniel R. Grant
Vanderbilt Law Review
At a time when our leading popular magazines are featuring cover headlines on "The Sick, Sick Cities," and articles on their"Battle for Survival" it seems appropriate to examine some old and new issues concerning the relationship of metropolitan problems to local government structure. The journalists who write such articles probably hear a great deal about the frustrating legal and political obstacles to achieving more rational forms of government for our exploding, strife-torn metropolitan areas. They probably do not hear, however, that political scientists are divided on such questions as the reality of "metropolitan-type" problems and the feasibility of area-wide metropolitan …