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Race for Profit with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

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The Housing Act of 1968 - The Last Greatest Legislation

The hud act 19 68 is lindon johnson's last greatest legislative achievement. At the core of the legislation was a new programme intended to transform low income renters into home owners. The housing industry, writ large, had become a central cog o inthe american economy. Lindon or richard nixon went so far as to say, if they own their own neighborhoods or own their own homes, they won't burn the cities down.

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