Facing post–World War I housing shortages and the prospect of social unrest, policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic supported the construction of modern workers’ dwellings. Their efforts produced an extraordinary volume of new units, transforming the working-class experience. Yet, architectural and planning historians have overlooked the comparative potential in this body of work, which includes landmarks of modernism and wood-framed bungalows. This article contributes a transatlantic comparison. It explores European and US policies and projects, shedding light on the particularity of the American case, epitomized by Detroit, where in the absence of planned developments workers sought houses as independent consumers.

面对第一次世界大战后的住房短缺和社会动荡的前景，大西洋两岸的决策者都支持建设现代工人的住房。他们的努力产生了大量新单位，从而改变了工人阶级的经验。然而，建筑和规划历史学家却忽略了这方面的比较潜力，其中包括现代主义地标和木结构平房。本文有助于进行跨大西洋比较。它探讨了欧洲和美国的政策和项目，以底特律为代表的美国案例的特殊性得以阐明，底特律在缺乏计划开发的情况下，工人寻求房屋作为独立消费者。