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We Need a Roof over our Heads: The Story of the La Crosse Housing Authority
written by Susan T. Hessel (La Crosse, Wis. : s. n.), 1998.

 
  Table of Contents:
Cover
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Foreward
    '...we need a roof over our heads'
    Did you know La Crosse has 'homes" like these?
    The housing 'emergency'
    Sheriff tries to evict family
    Federal approval for housing units
    The Green Bay Street Housing Project and other housing fronts
    Salzer plats -- promoting the American dream
    HUD and public housing
    Public housing for La Crosse families
    The emergency housing community has its challenges
    Housing Authority becomes debt free
    Veterans housing shows it wear
    Schuh Homes
    Schuh Homes graduates
    Closing the temporary housing units
    Housing for the elderly
    'HUD Accounting' and Robert Daley
    Pulling together to hold back the flood
    Mullen Homes and Stokke Tower
    A Mullen Homes graduate
    The office 'girl'
    Sauber Manor
    Huber Homes
    The great lettuce caper
    Meeting child care needs
    Becker Plaza and Forest Park
    Grover Estates
    Ping Manor and Solberg Heights
    Dogs and cats and birds, oh my
    Angie Wiemerslage
    Awards, awards and more awards
    Reasons for success
    What current high rise residents say
    Views from family housing
    A look to the future
    Housing Authority Commissioners
    Housing Authority of the City of La Crosse Employees
Index