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URL:https://lainy.org/events/october-15-2025-lai-new-york-member-howard-hu
 sock-will-discuss-his-new-book-the-projects-a-new-history-of-public-housin
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SUMMARY:October 15\, 2025 - LAI New York member Howard Husock will discuss 
 his new book\, "The Projects: A New History of Public Housing".
DESCRIPTION:LAI New York member Howard Husock will discuss his new book\,"T
 he Projects: A New History of Public Housing".\nBook Talk and Interview wi
 th Speaker Howard Husock and Interviewer Benjamin Schneider.\n\nHoward Hus
 ock is a senior fellow in Domestic Policy Studies at the American Enterpr
 ise Institute (AEI)\, where he focuses on municipal government\, urban hou
 sing policy\, civil society\, and philanthropy.  Before joining AEI\, Mr.
  Husock was Vice President for Research and Publications at the Manhattan 
 Institute.  Mr. Husock has been widely published in policy journals and t
 he popular press\, including in The New York Times and The New York Times 
 Magazine\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Atlantic\, The Hill\, New York Po
 st\, New York Daily News\, The Boston Globe\, The Chronicle of Philanthrop
 y\, City Journal\, Forbes.com\, The Journal of Policy Analysis and Manage
 ment\, National Affairs\, Reason\, The New Republic\, Washington Examiner\
 , and The Wilson Quarterly.\nHis previous books include “The Poor Side o
 f Town: And Why We Need It” (Encounter Books\, 2021)\; “Who Killed Civ
 il Society? The Rise of Big Government and Decline of Bourgeois Norms” (
 Encounter Books\, 2019)\, “Philanthropy Under Fire” (Encounter Broadsi
 des\, 2013)\, and “America’s Trillion-Dollar Housing Mistake: The Fail
 ure of American Housing Policy” (Ivan R. Dee\, 2003).\n\nBenjamin Schnei
 der is a freelance journalist covering all things urbanism.  His work ha
 s appeared in Bloomberg CityLab\, MIT Technology Review\, Slate\, The Nati
 on\, The Los Angeles Times\, and many other publications.  He also writes
  a Substack newsletter called\, “The Urban Condition.” Born and raised
  in San Francisco\, Schneider has lived in Los Angeles\, Manhattan\, and W
 ashington\, D.C.  He currently lives in Brooklyn with his fiancée.\nIn h
 is forthcoming book (Oct. 2025)\, “The Unfinished Metropolis\,” Schnei
 der argues that we regain the lost art of city building.  Schneider explo
 res common urban designs that shape our lives and color our cultural imagi
 nation: office parks\, apartments\, single family homes\, and transit syst
 ems.  He explains how these forms came to be\, why they no longer functio
 n as promised\, and introduces readers to the advocates and professionals 
 around the country who are working on transformative new solutions.  Lear
 ning from past mistakes\, we can remake our cities and create better lives
  for ourselves and future generations.\nMembers &amp\; Guests: FREE!\n\nA 
 light breakfast will be served.\nREGISTER HERE!
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