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Does Texas need public housing?

Overview Public housing is the only option many low income families can afford
The realities of unaffordable housing - voices of public housing residents What can low income Texans afford for housing? Affordable housing seldom trickles down Who lives in public housing in Texas

Problems facing public housing

The historical problems facing public housing
Overview The economic problem facing public housing The physical problems facing public housing Powerlessness and alienation: a public housing resident's perspective Public housing - an unbalanced relationship
HOPE for public housing If public housing were eliminated: voices of public housing residents
Gentrification and demolition - HUD's current strategy

The past: beginnings of public housing

Housing in Texas in the 1920's The Depression in Texas

The past: Public Works Administration builds housing

Opposition to public housing emerges
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The past: The US Housing Act of 1937

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Political compromise shapes public housing

The past: public housing in Texas

Austin and Lyndon Johnson begin public housing
War workers housing and the Lanham Act Public housing residents protest demolition
Texas Legislature authorizes public housing

The past: special interests, race and local control

Houston's public housing fight for the 1940's-50's Public housing and Texas segregation politics
Joseph McCarthy and Harry Truman battle over public housing Housing Act of 1949: bipartisan support for public housing Public housing: a tool for racial segregation Public housing; a monument to segregation
Texas voters reject public housing at the polls
Demolition of integrated public housing Land development interests exploit public housing Project abandonment Suburban communities oppose public housing

Solutions to fix public housing

Real change for public housing
Overview Shared responsibility - co-op management Accountability

Postscript: Allen Parkway Village public housing development today

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