Date: October 31st, 2008

History of US public housing: Part 5, the cities hit bottom

31 October, 2008 (04:02) | Cities, Essential posts, History, Markets, Public housing, Tenure, US News | No comments

[Continued from the preceding Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4.] 
[For more on my views of public housing, see Public housing: the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (June, 2006), Public housing’s Gordian’s knot (December, 2006), and The essential housing authority (September, 2007).  Dozens of marvelous photographs are in the LaGuardia-Wagner archives.]
 
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