THE PUBLIC HOUSING DEBATE CONTENTS: Introduction Does Texas need public housing? Problems facing public housing The past: Beginnings of public housing Public Works Administration builds public housing Housing Act of 1937 Public housing in Texas Special interest, race and local control Solutions to fix public housing Postscript: Allen Parkway Village today For more information TxLIHIS' work in public housing copyright 1998 Texas Low Income Housing Information Service

The past: special interests, race and local control Demolitions of integrated public housing Dorothy Masterson Executive Director Dallas Housing Crisis Center CLICK PICTURE FOR MOVIE Learn how to see VIVO movies What's interesting is that the one really integrated one, Washington Place, which had been built as a white project but as time went on had more and more Hispanic and African American residents is the one they tore down with pressure from Baylor Hospital, the banking community and so forth, Washington Place, which was an integrated project was torn down. During the 1970's, at the same time Dallas was maintaining the huge segregated West Dallas public housing developments, an older public housing development on the near north side of town was developing into an integrated community. Washington Place is one of those public housing developments which evolved into a naturally integrated development follow the desegregated of public housing. Despite this the Dallas Housing Authority decided to demolish Washington Place and sell the land to private interests. Washington Place in near-north Dallas was an integrated public housing community which was demolished the land where it was located was sold to private interests. (photo: Dallas Public Library) Land development interests exploit public housing