If you would like to see a housing project deteriorate there's a documentary on Amazon Prime called 'The Pruitt Igoe Myth'. tdlr; It was low income so the rent

If you would like to see a housing project deteriorate there's a documentary on Amazon Prime called 'The Pruitt Igoe Myth'. tdlr; It was low income so the rents were not sustaining the maintenance costs, and the city chose not to allocate appropriate funds to that effect (some racism was in play here).