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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Stagmeier, Margaret, author.     Subjects     Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta.     Urban renewal -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Citizen participation.     Minorities -- Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Stagmeier, Margaret, author.       by title:      Blighted : a story o...         MARC Display

Blighted : a story of people, politics, and an American housing miracle / Margaret Stagmeier. by Stagmeier, Margaret, author. Athens, Georgia : NewSouth Books, an imprint of the University of Georgia Press, [2022] Subjects Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta.   Urban renewal -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Citizen participation.   Minorities -- Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta. ISBN:  9781588384713 (hardcover : alk. paper) : 1588384713 (hardcover : alk. paper) Description:  xviii, 372 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  I--Investing in blight to remove it. The bombed-out Cleveland Avenue neighborhood -- The science of blight -- Blighted communities and the value of political will -- A walking tour of the community chaos -- Capital stack gymnastics--how we raised $9.6 million to purchase Summerdale -- II--Effects of blight on those who live and work in it. Virginia Humphries--the longest surviving tenant -- Sharon Allen--the phantom tenant in Apartment D-12 -- Melinda Wyatt--the blighted tenant -- The Atlanta police lieutenant and the drug kingpin -- Dr. Payne--Cleveland Avenue Elementary School -- Kingston Humphries--the traumatized tenant -- III--Re-sifting the community social capital. The physical inspection -- Purchase and management takeover -- Lucy Hamby and the wild west--the first 30 days -- Taming the drug kingpin in Unit D-12 -- The federal compliance burden on equitable housing -- The management office -- The toxic community culture -- Kristin Hemmingway--the children and Star-C after-school program -- 'I have lived here for 22 years' -- Pest infestations management -- Crime and security -- Melinda Wyatt and the blighted mentality -- Jeff Miller and the tedious permitting process -- Education and the Star-C after-school program -- The eviction of Melinda Wyatt -- The replacement criminals--crime and security -- Rebuilding social capital -- IV--Epilogue. Change gonna come -- Summerdale survives the COVID-19 pandemic -- Solutions. Requests:  1 Summary:  "Blighted offers a unique insider perspective of the political, human, and economic challenges of delivering equitable housing in a market fueled by inflationary prices, insatiable demand, and competing and often dubious agendas. [Stagmeier's success with Summerdale apartments] is a bright model of how affordable housing, education, healthcare, and social capital can interconnect to build a vibrant, sustainable equitable housing communities, nearby schools, and the community at large"--Dust jacket flap.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 363.50975 St Item being held Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.50975 Stagmeier Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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