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 socialhousing in Vancouver between 1919 and 1950. It argues that, howevertemporary or limited their achievements, local activists pplayed asignificant role in the introduction, implementation, or continuationof many early national housing programs. Ottawa's housinginitiatives were not always unilateral actions in the development ofthe welfare state. The drive for social housing in Vancouvercomplemented...

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