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Hartman, Chester Warren was born on April 12, 1936 in New York City. Son of Irving Lincoln and Dorothy (Friedman) Hartman.
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The overwhelming majority of writing done in the field of housing today is based on the erroneous assumption that either the nation's housing problems are not overly serious or long-lasting or that adjustments in market mechanisms and slightly modified government housing policies can correct the existing problems. "Critical Perspectives on Housing", a collection of thirty-three articles, sixteen of which have been specifically written for the volume or are being published for the first time, attempts to dispel those illusions and set forth concrete proposals for change. Written by leading scholars and activists in the country today, the articles examine such diverse elements of the housing picture as the construction industry, gentrification, the homeless, abandonment, the market's ability to serve minorities and women, the income tax system, rural housing problems, suburbanization, and the actions of the Reagan Administration.The articles are divided into three sections: The Workings of the Private Housing Market; The Role of the State; and Strategies for Change. "Critical Perspectives on Housing" moves beyond the analytic perspective, however, by advancing a range of alternative approaches to help solve the housing crisis. These approaches are augmented by a survey of current and historical approaches taken by other governments and societies to address the crucial problems of their people's housing needs. Rachel G. Bratt is Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy at Tufts University. Chester Hartman is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C. Ann Meyerson is Assistant Professor in the Metropolitan Studies Program at New York University.
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San Francisco is perhaps the most exhilarating of all American cities--its beauty, cultural and political avant-gardism, and history are legendary, while its idiosyncrasies make front-page news. In this revised edition of his highly regarded study of San Francisco's economic and political development since the mid-1950s, Chester Hartman gives a detailed account of how the city has been transformed by the expansion--outward and upward--of its downtown. His story is fueled by a wide range of players and an astonishing array of events, from police storming the International Hotel to citizens forcing the midair termination of a freeway. Throughout, Hartman raises a troubling question: can San Francisco's unique qualities survive the changes that have altered the city's skyline, neighborhoods, and economy? Hartman was directly involved in many of the events he chronicles and thus had access to sources that might otherwise have been unavailable. A former activist with the National Housing Law Project, San Franciscans for Affordable Housing, and other neighborhood organizations, he explains how corporate San Francisco obtained the necessary cooperation of city and federal governments in undertaking massive redevelopment. He illustrates the rationale that produced BART, a subway system that serves upper-income suburbs but few of the city's poor neighborhoods, and cites the environmental effects of unrestrained highrise development, such as powerful wind tunnels and lack of sunshine. In describing the struggle to keep housing affordable in San Francisco and the seemingly intractable problem of homelessness, Hartman reveals the human face of the city's economic transformation.
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In a career that spanned America’s turbulent journey from urban renewal through the Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam War, and the ever-widening economic chasm that engulfed whole populations of the United States, Chester Hartman has worked tirelessly with grassroots activists and progressive planners to bring about meaningful social change. This is an anthology of his most important writings. Following a brief foreword by Jane Jacobs, a compelling autobiographical essay by Hartman contextualizes his work, reveals his motivations and perspective, and focuses on the frailty and foibles of the planning and policy professions. The essay sets the stage for the anthology of Hartman’s writings, organized into five parts: displacement and urban renewal; housing problems and policies; organizing and activism; poverty and race; and planning education. The thirty-two chapters accompany Hartman through four decades of planning and activism for social equity. Now director of research at the Washington, DC-based Poverty & Race Research Action Council, Hartman chronicles his work from a focus on gentrification and displacement to public and military-family housing; from interactions with Daniel Patrick Moynihan and James Q. Wilson to Paul Davidoff and Harvey Milk; to his founding of the Planners Network. Students, practitioners, historians, and political activists will find these essays informative, delightful, and inspiring.
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Hartman, Chester Warren was born on April 12, 1936 in New York City. Son of Irving Lincoln and Dorothy (Friedman) Hartman.
AB, Harvard University, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1967.
Assistant professor Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966-1970. Senior research associate National Housing Law Project, Berkeley, California, 1970-1974. Fellow Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, 1981-1990, Transnat.
Institute, Amsterdam, 1990-1996. President, executive director Poverty and Race Research Action Council, Washington, since 1990. Member advisory board FNMA Office Housing Research, Washington, since 1992.
Secretary National Low Income Housing Coalition, Washington, 1994-1997. Visiting professor University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1981, Yale University, New Haven, Columbia University, New York City, University California, Berkeley, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
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Member advisory committee Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, Boston, 1969-1970. Co-chair San Franciscans for Affordable Housing, 1979. Board directors Urban League of Greater Boston, 1968-1970.
With United States Army, 1959-1960.
Married Amy Ellen Fine, August 3, 1985. Children: Jeremy, Benjamin.