The Real Importance of Public Housing

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Edward Getz: The destruction of public housing has political and ideological ramifications. Since 2000, since the year 2000, a net reduction in per capita, deeply and moderately affordable units,. But you write quote, public housing as it was conceived during the New Deal is no longer seen as a viable policy option for meeting affordable housing needs. And so that's the real importance.

Featuring Edward Goetz on his book New Deal Ruins: Race, Economic Justice, and Public Housing Policy. Goetz tells the story of American public housing and then its destruction and dismantling, which took off in the 1980s and accelerated during the 90s under the Clinton Administration’s Hope VI program. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig and get our weekly newsletter by email plus swag. Check out Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire haymarketbooks.org/books/1861-light-in-gaza