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Today, one in five homeowners in American cities and suburbs lives in a multifamily home rather t... more Today, one in five homeowners in American cities and suburbs lives in a multifamily home rather than a single-family dwelling. As the American dream evolves, precipitated by declining real estate prices and a renewed interest in city living, many predict that condos will become the predominant form of housing in the 21st century. In this unprecedented study Matthew Gordon Lasner explores the history of co-owned multifamily housing in the United States, from New York City's first co-op, in 1881, to contemporary condo and townhouse complexes coast to coast. Lasner explains the complicated social, economic, and political factors that have increased demand for this way of living, situating the trend within the larger housing market and broad shifts in residential architecture. He contrasts the prevalence and popularity of condos, townhouses, and other privately governed communities with their ambiguous economic, legal, and social standing, as well as their striking absence from urban and architectural history.
While researchers have pointed to numerous methods of
expanding state capacity in the Progressive... more While researchers have pointed to numerous methods of expanding state capacity in the Progressive Era, the literature has overlooked the creation of nominally private companies relying on implicit government guarantees, later known as government- sponsored enterprises. This article explains the novelty and structure of the nation’s first such enterprises, the Federal Land Banks, and describes how their design embodied several fragilities that contributed to their collapse and bailout in 1932. The article then demonstrates why, despite these problems, the land banks became the model for subsequent enterprises and financial reforms.
There is a near universal consensus among historians that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA... more There is a near universal consensus among historians that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) was central in shaping the American landscape. Its putative anti-urban bias is used to explain both the rise of white, middle-class suburbs and the decline of increasingly impoverished and increasingly nonwhite central cities. This article argues that this consensus misreads the history of the FHA for two related reasons. First, it argues that pressure from urban politicians forced the agency to be vitally concerned with America’s urban centers. Second, by comparing the FHA to the wider housing market, it will show that the agency, spurred by politics, was more likely than the private sector to support multifamily housing, urban housing, and, after significant civil rights efforts, housing to nonwhites. This paper shows that far from creating the contemporary suburban landscape, the FHA struggled vigorously against its rise.
Today, one in five homeowners in American cities and suburbs lives in a multifamily home rather t... more Today, one in five homeowners in American cities and suburbs lives in a multifamily home rather than a single-family dwelling. As the American dream evolves, precipitated by declining real estate prices and a renewed interest in city living, many predict that condos will become the predominant form of housing in the 21st century. In this unprecedented study Matthew Gordon Lasner explores the history of co-owned multifamily housing in the United States, from New York City's first co-op, in 1881, to contemporary condo and townhouse complexes coast to coast. Lasner explains the complicated social, economic, and political factors that have increased demand for this way of living, situating the trend within the larger housing market and broad shifts in residential architecture. He contrasts the prevalence and popularity of condos, townhouses, and other privately governed communities with their ambiguous economic, legal, and social standing, as well as their striking absence from urban and architectural history.
While researchers have pointed to numerous methods of
expanding state capacity in the Progressive... more While researchers have pointed to numerous methods of expanding state capacity in the Progressive Era, the literature has overlooked the creation of nominally private companies relying on implicit government guarantees, later known as government- sponsored enterprises. This article explains the novelty and structure of the nation’s first such enterprises, the Federal Land Banks, and describes how their design embodied several fragilities that contributed to their collapse and bailout in 1932. The article then demonstrates why, despite these problems, the land banks became the model for subsequent enterprises and financial reforms.
There is a near universal consensus among historians that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA... more There is a near universal consensus among historians that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) was central in shaping the American landscape. Its putative anti-urban bias is used to explain both the rise of white, middle-class suburbs and the decline of increasingly impoverished and increasingly nonwhite central cities. This article argues that this consensus misreads the history of the FHA for two related reasons. First, it argues that pressure from urban politicians forced the agency to be vitally concerned with America’s urban centers. Second, by comparing the FHA to the wider housing market, it will show that the agency, spurred by politics, was more likely than the private sector to support multifamily housing, urban housing, and, after significant civil rights efforts, housing to nonwhites. This paper shows that far from creating the contemporary suburban landscape, the FHA struggled vigorously against its rise.
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expanding state capacity in the Progressive Era, the literature
has overlooked the creation of nominally private companies
relying on implicit government guarantees, later known as government-
sponsored enterprises. This article explains the
novelty and structure of the nation’s first such enterprises,
the Federal Land Banks, and describes how their design
embodied several fragilities that contributed to their collapse
and bailout in 1932. The article then demonstrates why,
despite these problems, the land banks became the model for
subsequent enterprises and financial reforms.
expanding state capacity in the Progressive Era, the literature
has overlooked the creation of nominally private companies
relying on implicit government guarantees, later known as government-
sponsored enterprises. This article explains the
novelty and structure of the nation’s first such enterprises,
the Federal Land Banks, and describes how their design
embodied several fragilities that contributed to their collapse
and bailout in 1932. The article then demonstrates why,
despite these problems, the land banks became the model for
subsequent enterprises and financial reforms.