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For as long as statistics record, housing conditions in the United States have been improving. Housing that only the rich once enjoyed is commonplace today; by today's standards, most of the population was ill-housed at the turn of the century. Amidst this rise, however, inadequate living accommodations for a portion of the population have stubbornly persisted. Many families endure housing deprivations that are severe, even with respect to the norms of earlier years.Development of housing policy requires a blending of technical data, theory, and political and ethical considerations. This study is organized, therefore, around a planning framework. Housing needs and objectives are specified; housing resources are identified; theories of the problem are explored; alternative strategies are reviewed; and one of several possible packages of programs is elaborated in detail.

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<p> The target is the development of a strategy for intermediate-term programs for dealing with slums and deteriorated housing stock in the older inner-city neighborhoods of Baltimore, Maryland... [I]t is recommended for students and administrators of urban affairs. <p> --James McCreary, Growth and Change

The target is the development of a strategy for intermediate-term programs for dealing with slums and deteriorated housing stock in the older inner-city neighborhoods of Baltimore, Maryland... [I]t is recommended for students and administrators of urban affairs. </p> --James McCreary, <em>Growth and Change</em></p>

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William G. Grigsby is professor emeritus in the department of city and regional planning at the University of Pennsylvania. Louis Rosenburg was professor in the School of Planning and Housing, Edinburgh College of Art, Heriot-Watt University.

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