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Climbing Mount Laurel: the struggle for affordable housing and social mobility in an American suburb.

2013 Princeton University Press ;ISBN: 0691157294 ;ISBN: 9780691157290 ;ISBN: 9781400846047 ;ISBN: 1400846048 ;EISBN: 9781400846047 ;EISBN: 1400846048 ;DOI: 10.1515/9781400846047 ;OCLC: 848917966 ;LCCN: 2012047549 ;LCCallNum: HD7287.96.U62

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  • Title:
    Climbing Mount Laurel: the struggle for affordable housing and social mobility in an American suburb.
  • Author: Massey, Douglas S ; Massey, Douglas S ; Albright, Len ; Casciano, Rebecca ; Derickson, Elizabeth ; Kinsey, David N
  • Subjects: General & Multiperiod ; History ; Housing ; Housing & Urban Development ; Law ; Low-income housing ; Middle Atlantic (Dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) ; Mount Laurel (Township) ; New Jersey ; Political Science ; Poverty & Homelessness ; Social mobility ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; State & Local ; United States ; Urban ; Zoning, Exclusionary
  • Description: Under the New Jersey State Constitution as interpreted by the State Supreme Court in 1975 and 1983, municipalities are required to use their zoning authority to create realistic opportunities for a fair share of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households. Mount Laurel was the town at the center of the court decisions. As a result, Mount Laurel has become synonymous with the debate over affordable housing policy designed to create economically integrated communities. What was the impact of the Mount Laurel decision on those most affected by it? What does the case tell us about economic inequality? Climbing Mount Laurelundertakes a systematic evaluation of the Ethel Lawrence Homes--a housing development produced as a result of the Mount Laurel decision. Douglas Massey and his colleagues assess the consequences for the surrounding neighborhoods and their inhabitants, the township of Mount Laurel, and the residents of the Ethel Lawrence Homes. Their analysis reveals what social scientists call neighborhood effects--the notion that neighborhoods can shape the life trajectories of their inhabitants.Climbing Mount Laurelproves that the building of affordable housing projects is an efficacious, cost-effective approach to integration and improving the lives of the poor, with reasonable cost and no drawbacks for the community at large.
  • Publisher: Princeton: Princeton University Press
  • Creation Date: 2013
  • Format: 288
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 0691157294
    ISBN: 9780691157290
    ISBN: 9781400846047
    ISBN: 1400846048
    EISBN: 9781400846047
    EISBN: 1400846048
    DOI: 10.1515/9781400846047
    OCLC: 848917966
    LCCN: 2012047549
    LCCallNum: HD7287.96.U62
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