This was tried the 60s in the us and uk, which gave rise to the ghettos torn down in the 2000s. There is little appetite on any side to re do that
It’s amazing how little history people seem to remember or know. I think people might be open to trying again if you could address what went wrong last time (extreme crime and poverty traps)
A lot of "social housing" in the UK was perfectly decent and still exists - I grew up in a council house as did a lot of my friends. The main thing that has changed is that most of those houses have now been bought and are privately owned.
Yes, of course there were a lot of grim council housing estates (particularly tower blocks) that had to be knocked down but the causes were often a lot more complex than the concept of social housing being fundamentally flawed.
>It’s amazing how little history people seem to remember or know.
Yourself included.
cf. Mitchell-Lama housing[0]. It was enormously successful in creating housing (both rentals and sales) for significant numbers of people. In fact, such housing is still (70 years later) doing so.
Hundreds to thousands of buildings over seventy years is a "singular success?"
I personally know dozens of people who grew up in Mitchell-Lama housing. Tens to hundreds of thousands of people still do.
But because other implementations are less successful (which is debatable, especially as you've provided zero examples), we should scrap successful ones?
Or am I missing your point? Please do elucidate.
Edit: It occurs to me that you're likely ignorant (especially given your response) of Mitchell-Lama programs. As such, I encourage you to educate yourself and to advocate for similar programs, as they create stable housing and promote community for many people -- and unless you live in a large urban area, it provides that for more folks than live in your entire county.
Mitchell–Lama Housing Program Is specifically NOT public housing and you are calling me ignorant. JFC dude it’s a great private sector tax abatement program but this is a comment about Cabrini Green type projects.
It’s amazing how little history people seem to remember or know. I think people might be open to trying again if you could address what went wrong last time (extreme crime and poverty traps)