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Land, Rights and Innovation (Urban Management Series): Improving Tenure Security for the Urban Poor -- by Geoffrey Payne (Author) (Book)
"Every day millions of people around the world spend their hard-earned income improving houses they do not officially own or legally occupy. The vast majority are poor householders in urban areas of...
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House Hunting: The Take-along Workbook for Home Buyers -- by Dian Hymer (Author) (Book)
"Buying a home is one of life's biggest decisions. Whether you're a first-timer or a veteran, you'll find heaps of helpful information and advice in House Hunting, the ultimate interactive guide to...
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Policing Urban Poverty -- by Chris Crowther, Jo Campling (Authors) (Book)
"Policing Urban Poverty demonstrates that since the 19th century, a core task of the police has been crime control and order maintenance, especially in poor communities. This illuminating book focuses...
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Not Safe at Home: How America's Housing Crisis Threatens the Health of Its Children -- by Megan Sandel, Joshua Sharfstein (Authors) (Book)
"These author/doctors provide care for the numerous ailments of homeless children as they wind their way through the shelter system & wait too long for safer, subsidized housing. This report developed...
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Inside Game/Outside Game: Winning Strategies for Saving Urban America -- by David Rusk (Author) (Book)
"For the past three decades, the federal government has targeted the poorest areas of American cities with a succession of antipoverty initiatives, yet these urban neighborhoods continue to decline....
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The Field Guide to Home Buying in America: A Home Buyer's Companion from House Hunting to Moving Day -- by Stephen Pollan, Mark Levine, Michael Pollan (Authors) (Book)
"A guide for the American who is buying a home--probably the single most important investment people ever make."--
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Hidden War: Crime and the Tragedy of Public Housing in Chicago -- by Dennis Rosenbaum, Larry Buron, Lynn Olson, Victoria Gwiasda, Susan Popkin (Authors) (Book)
"Since the late 1970s, the high-rise developments of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) have been dominated by gang violence and drugs, creating a sense of hopelessness among residents. Despite a...
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Paths to Homelessness: Extreme Poverty and the Urban Housing Crisis -- by Kathryn Talley, D. Stanley Eitzen, Doug Timmer (Authors) (Book)
"From 1976 to 1998, the Gautreaux Assisted Housing Program moved over 7,000 low-income black families from Chicago's inner city to middle-class white suburbs--the largest and longest-running...
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Urban Poverty and the Underclass: A Reader -- by Enzo Mingione (Author) (Book)
"Over the last two decades 'poverty' has moved centrestage as an issue within the social sciences. This volume, edited by one of Europe's foremost sociologists, aims to assess the debates surrounding...
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Buying a House (Barnes & Noble Basics Series) -- by Chris Sandlund (Author) (Book)
"Purchasing a house can be the most joyful decision of your life. But the process of selecting an abode, making a bid, and getting a mortgage can drive even the sanest adult into near distraction. In...
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