Electronic Resource
Springer
Community mental health journal
3 (1967), S. 211-215
ISSN:
1573-2789
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract This paper argues that tenant participation in the substance of the housing environment is a major avenue for developing and maintaining viable public housing communities. If tenants participate in shaping basic decisions, a healthy encounter can develop with management from which can flow an atmosphere of battle-tested mutual trust and respect. A successful effort of tenants at Columbia Point in Boston illustrates the effectiveness of tenant participation. The paper proposes the creation of a tenants' health council to negotiate a contract with a health agency to provide agreed-upon health services in a public housing community. Success of a tenants' council depends on inner resources of tenants themselves and willingness of the power elite to recognize an independent—even dissident—role for tenants' organizations.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01434873
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