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New Deal Ruins w/ Edward Goetz

The Dig

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The Politics of Public Housing

The ultimate decision about accepting public housing and locating it was left to local governments. Law required that the pha's enter into cooperation agreements with local government before constructing a housing project. Suburban areas did not have to join the program and they often resisted doing so this is the kind of first factor that led to a concentration of these units in central city areas as opposed to suburban areas.

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