Boston Praised For Turnaround In Public Housing
24 November 2000 - 2:00pm
According to a HUD report, the Boston Public Housing Authority has transformed its reputation.
?The city's public housing - once tarnished by swastikas and a reputation for tolerating racism - has turned itself into a model civil rights enforcer, according to a federal report due out Friday. The Boston Housing Authority has radically changed its response to civil rights complaints and has drastically reduced harassment and discrimination, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said in the report outlined in Thursday's Boston Globe.?
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The Tampa Tribune, November 23, 2000
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