The Poor Side of Town: And Why We Need ItThis book combines a critique of more than a century of housing reform policies, including public and other subsidized housing as well as exclusionary zoning, with the idea that simple low cost housing a poor side of town helps those of modest means build financial assets and join in the local democratic process. It is more of a historical narrative than a straight policy book, however telling stories of Jacob Riis, zoning reformer Lawrence Veiller,