Date: September 25th, 2008

History of US public housing: Part 1, the Puritans

25 September, 2008 (09:36) | Cities, Essential posts, History, Markets, Public housing, Tenure, US News | No comments

Columbia Point, Boston, 1960
 
With the public housing inventory failing apart, with it falls the public housing system – the next President, whoever he may be, cannot avoid dismantling it.  As the nation figures out how to do so, we need to appreciate how we got here, why housing authorities are the way they are, and [...]