Reimagining Public Housing — Watts’ Jordan Downs Gets a Second Chance at the American Dream
When public housing projects entered the American landscape after World War II, they were touted as the antidote to poverty, providing affordable, safe housing in urban areas where residents would be close to jobs, schools and essential infrastructure. In practice, however, “the projects” soon became synonymous with poverty, crime and disenfranchisement, places where people of color were segregated away from a more prosperous white population.Read more