Houses for All: The Struggle for Social Housing in Vancouver, 1919-50

by Jill Wade

Houses for All is the story of the struggle for social housingin Vancouver between 1919 and 1950. It argues that, however temporaryor limited their achievements, local activists pplayed a significantrole in the introduction, implementation, or continuation of many earlynational housing programs. Ottawa's housing initiatives were notalways unilateral actions in the development of the welfare state. Thedrive for social housing in Vancouver complemented...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774804955
• ISBN13: 9780774804950
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.