Abstract
The community development movement in the United States, though it has deep historical roots, began its modern phase during the urban unrest of the late 1960s. By the end of the century, it has matured into an enduring and growing sector of the American housing market that provides both affordable housing and related services to individuals and families with low and moderate incomes. Though unresolved issues of institutional identity remain and meeting the substantial needs of those it seeks to serve has proved extremely difficult, community development has emerged as a distinctive field of social activity situated within a specific historical, political and cultural context.
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Sullivan, M.L. (2001). Housing as an Anchor for Community Building: Community Development Corporations in the United States. In: Pierson, J., Smith, J. (eds) Rebuilding Community. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403919878_4
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