Housing Under Capitalism by Sidney Hill. International Pamphlets No. 46. International Publishers, New York. 1935.

Housing Under Capitalism by Sidney Hill. International Pamphlets No. 46. International Publishers, New York. 1935.

Contents: Housing Plans, The Government Takes Inventory, Public Works Housing, Facts Speak Louder than Programs, Social Need VS. Market Need, Relieving the Home Owner, The National (Anti-) Housing Act, Relieving the Mortgage Companies, Subsistence Homesteads, Work Relief and the New Housing Program, ‘Rehabilitating’ the Slums, Public Utility Housing, “Demonstration” Housing, European ‘Models’, The English Example, Factory-Made Housing, Housing for Negroes, Housing in the USSR, Summary, What is to be Done?, Immediate Steps, Principles of a Genuine Housing Program. 32 pages.

International Publishers was formed in 1923 for the purpose of translating and disseminating international Marxist texts and headed by Alexander Trachtenberg. It quickly outgrew that mission to be the main book publisher, while Workers Library continued to be the pamphlet publisher of the Communist Party.

PDF of book: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/parties/cpusa/international-pamphlets/n46-1935-Housing-Under-Capitalism-Sidney-Hill.pdf

Leave a comment