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We already have a good number of government subsidized housing in this country and I’ve never met someone that would move there willingly. How would more help?

• lapcat 4y ago
  > I’ve never met someone that would move there willingly. What is this supposed to mean? Are the buildings empty? Or is it just a comment about the company you keep?
  • mythhouse 4y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabrini%E2%80%93Green_Homes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabrini%E2%80%93Green_Homes
    • lapcat 4y ago
      > At first, the housing was integrated and many residents held jobs. This changed in the years after World War II, when the nearby factories that provided the neighborhood's economic base closed and thousands were laid off. At the same time, the cash-strapped city began withdrawing crucial services like police patrols, transit services, and routine building maintenance. > Lawns were paved over to save on maintenance, failed lights were left for months, and apartments damaged by fire were simply boarded up instead of rehabilitated and reoccupied. Later phases of public housing development (such as the Green Homes, the newest of the Cabrini–Green buildings) were built on extremely tight budgets and suffered from maintenance problems due to the low quality of construction.