Vault vid
This is a short film produced by the U.S. Housing Authority in the 1930s to promote the construction of publicly-funded housing projects to clear slums across America. The film highlights […]
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Sunday Review
What’s moving and shaking in the world of public housing? Here’s a rundown from this past week: Change to public housing rules in New York could seriously disadvantage LGBT families […]
Why Woodyard went
The real reason behind the Chicago Housing Authority’s former CEO Charles Woodyard’s recent and sudden resignation was revealed today. A Freedom of Information Act request by Chicago Tribune reporter Lolly […]
A $36 cut in food stamps
This is what a $36/month cut in SNAP benefits for a family of four looks like: As of November 1, the federal government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (commonly known as […]
Sunday Review
What’s moving and shaking in the world of public housing? Here’s a rundown from this past week: Women in L.A. “fight to keep their housing project public” New York public […]
Chicago’s slumlords
When the nation-wide program of building public housing projects began in the New Deal era, it was seen as a solution to the slum problem. Crowded, unsanitary districts could be […]
Sunday Review
What’s moving and shaking in the world of public housing? Here’s a rundown from this past week: Rent reform in Alaska: new work requirement for the “able-bodied” and a deadline […]
