Edward Getz is a professor of urban planning and director of the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota. The dig was produced by Alex Lewis and recorded at WBRU in Providence, music by Jeffrey Bratsky. Check out our vast archives at TheDigRadio.com. If it's on iTunes, please also rate and review us.
Featuring Edward Goetz on his book New Deal Ruins: Race, Economic Justice, and Public Housing Policy. Goetz tells the story of American public housing and then its destruction and dismantling, which took off in the 1980s and accelerated during the 90s under the Clinton Administration’s Hope VI program.
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