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Next City | UC Berkeley/Berkeley Historical Society and Museum/NYT
Political movements for dignified housing forced many European nations, such as England, Germany and the Netherlands, to invest in what Catherine Bauer (above) termed “modern housing”: non-speculative, affordable homes with adequate space, light, ventilation and community space. These modest dignified homes provided a sharp contrast to the speculative spree of development dominant in 1920s America.