Public housing that worked: New York in the twentieth century

Model housing as a municipal service. Defining a housing crisis; Three programs are better than one; High-rise public housing begins; Model tenants for model housing; Tightly managed communities

Transforming postwar New York. The boom years; Designs for a new metropolis; The price of design reform; The benefits of social engineering; Meeting the management challenge

Welfare-state public housing. Surviving the welfare state; The value of consistency

Affordable housing. Model housing revisited

Appendix A. Guide to housing developments

Appendix B. Tenant selection policies and procedures.