public housing

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A black child among mostly Puerto Rican neighbors in public housing in Bethlehem, Pa., young Oliver was raised by his single mother.

From The Wall Street Journal

Or that the public housing she championed would itself deteriorate so badly that, by 1990, the federal government would label much of it as “severely distressed”—and demolish it for having become a latter-day slum.

From The Wall Street Journal

If he really cares about the latter, he wouldn’t bar tenants in the city’s dilapidated public housing from airing complaints at his hearings on “rental ripoffs,” as the New York Post reported this week.

From The Wall Street Journal

Huang has called for more public housing and for a reduction in the number of police officers, with the cost savings poured into other city services.

From Los Angeles Times

For New Yorkers that live in public housing and want the credits available to them, they also need to come with paperwork from their buildings.

From MarketWatch