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3 unusual facts about Public housing in the United States


Michael P. Kelly

Michael P. Kelly (born January 31, 1954) is an architect and urban planner who has led the public housing authorities of several large U.S. cities, and is a leading advocate for public policy that promotes affordable housing in the country.

Public housing in the United States

American sociologist William Julius Wilson has proposed that concentrating low-income housing in impoverished areas can limit tenants’ access to social opportunity.

In response to many of the emerging concerns regarding new public housing developments, the Housing Act of 1968 attempt to shift the style of housing developments, looking to the Garden Cities model of Ebenezer Howard.



see also

National Housing Act

Housing Act of 1937, also known as the Wagner-Steagall Act, which subsidized public housing in the United States