Towards the establishment of a Housing Act: women’s contribution to the public-housing debate in New York

Journal title TERRITORIO
Author/s Gaia Caramellino
Publishing Year 2014 Issue 2014/69
Language Italian Pages 7 P. 34-40 File size 351 KB
DOI 10.3280/TR2014-069005
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Nel 1934, con l’istituzione della New York City Housing Authority nell’ambito delle politiche economiche inaugurate dal New Deal rooseveltiano, la riforma abitativa invocata da associazioni femminili e organizzazioni filantropiche all’inizio del Novecento, trova una prima formalizzazione attraverso l’intervento federale sul terreno dell’edilizia pubblica. L’articolo osserva il contributo di un numero di amministratrici, tecniche e riformatrici nella definizione dei lineamenti del public housing federale, nella codificazione di una disciplina e nella costruzione di un dibattito pubblico sulla casa economica a New York durante gli anni ’30. Il coinvolgimento istituzionale nell’elaborazione di standard e programmi, nella definizione di modelli e nella disseminazione di esperienze e politiche avviate in Europa durante gli anni ’20, mettono in luce un aspetto inedito del New Deal, rimasto sullo sfondo del racconto istituzionale

Keywords: New Deal; edilizia pubblica; housing reformers

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Gaia Caramellino, Verso la definizione di un Housing Act: il contributo femminile al dibattito sull’edilizia pubblica a New York in "TERRITORIO" 69/2014, pp 34-40, DOI: 10.3280/TR2014-069005