Mass Housing and the Reformer's Myth.

The article discusses several myths on planner's responsibility. A planner is a political animal and their task is to provide dwellings for families which depend on a weekly wage or minimum social security benefits. According to French sociologist Sorel, it is just a myth. The myths of the reformers have fulfilled an indispensable function and for immigrants and others in some of the great cities whose housing problems still loom large, their robust inspiration may continue to be required. The task of a planner is to ensure that the one he designs is capable of asserting its unchallengeable superiority over what it replaces. Planners perhaps more than others have been attracted by visions of future, and they have in the past embraced with enthusiasm the advice to make no small plans.