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A 10-page paper that examines the urban housing situation as it exists in the inner-cities of America today and defines some of the strategies that have been proposed to improve this situation, especially for lower-income citizens. Included is a discussion of the present situation in Chicago, the urban renewal strategies this city has adopted, and the success of these strategies as compared to the strategies implemented and success achieved by other major American cities as well as by other nations. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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10 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_LCHouse.doc
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number one problem facing our country" (The Dallas Morning News, 2000; p. 3A). Murmurs of assent and agreement circulated throughout the crowd of approximately three hundred municipal leaders, accented
by the slamming of a fist on the podium as New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial proclaimed that the group along with the country has "a crisis in the offing!" (p.
3A). The problem to which these city officials were referring was not the drug problem that has plagued the streets of American cities throughout the past few decades. Nor
was it the escalating rate of crime and violence that has hovered like a dark cloud over Americas inner-city neighborhoods throughout those decades. Nor was it the face of
inner-city poverty that has so often in the past reared its ugly head among the neighborhoods of Americas cities as well as discussions and debates concerning these neighborhoods. In
fact, the culprit of which these leaders were speaking is just the opposite - the "crisis in the offing" spoken out against so vehemently was not poverty, but prosperity (The
Dallas Morning News, 2000; p. 3A). This prosperity, due to the extended period of economic expansion that is currently being enjoyed in America, has reversed the trend of the 1960s
and 1970s that saw record numbers of city dwellers move to the suburbs and has brought a new influx of citizens back into the city limits. This "re-urbanization of
America" has seen home ownership within urban communities rise to a record fifty-one percent, but, according to city officials, it is a new city image that is not beneficial to
all (The Dallas Morning News, 2000; p. 3A). Although this surge in urban living trends has transformed some urban areas into model communities, it has made it difficult for
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