Socialism in Burlington, Vermont: Implications for Social Welfare
ABSTRACT: The administration of socialist mayor Bernard Sanders of Burlington, Vermont (1981-1989) has had a major impact on the quality of life in the city. Based on an analysis of the Mayor’s YouthOffice, the Mayor’s Council on the Art, and the Burlington Women’sCouncil, the author concludes thatinnovative and expanded social welfare programming is possible when […]
The Burlington Community Land Trust: A Socialist Approach to Affordable Housing?
STEVEN D. SOIFER“University of Washington ABSTRACT: Shortly after Ronald Reagon’s election In 1980, Bernard Sanders, a iociofiir. became mayor of Burlington,Vermont. The Burfingioii Cominunify Land Tryst (BCLT), one of many policy initiatives under the Sanders administration, is a nonprofit corporation that makes housing affordable for low and moderate-income people.This article gives a brief history of […]