War on Slums in the Southwest

Robert B. Fairbanks is Professor of History at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is the author of  Making Better Citizens: Housing Reform and the Community Development Strategy in Cincinnati, 1890-1960, and For the City as a Whole: Politics, Planning and the Public Interest in Dallas, 1900-1965.

• Acknowledgments  Introduction1 Cities in the Southwest or Southwestern Cities?2 The Public Housing Movement in the Southwest: Cities Battle the Slums before 19373 Southwestern Cities, Slum Clearance, and the First Permanent Public Housing Program4 From World War II to the Housing Act of 1949: A Moratorium on Slum Clearance and Public Housing for Low-Income Citizens5 The Solution Becomes a Problem: The Decline of the Public Housing Movement after the Housing Act of 19496 From Urban Redevelopment to Urban Renewal in the SouthwestEpilogue: Our War on Poverty, Not Yours on Slums  Appendix A: Social Scientists and the Changing Discourse on Slums and Poverty: A Brief NoteAppendix B: Public Housing Built in San Antonio, Houston, Phoenix, and Dallas, 1935–1965Appendix C: Occupation of Initial Tenants of Cuney Homes Public Housing in HoustonAppendix D: Total Number of Public Housing Units Built by Selected Cities by 1967NotesIndex