Date: March 18th, 2005

Public housing: things hard to defend

18 March, 2005 (08:52) | Uncategorized |

One should never judge by anecdotes, I know, but it’s hard to defend public housing when there are stories like this one:
 
DURHAM — Durham Housing Authority officials ignored federal open-bidding laws for years, steering millions of dollars to a handful of local businessmen.
 

“This is another fine mess you’ve gotten us into!”
 
The News & Observer [...]