Radical Housing Initiatives

26 December 2000 - 11:30am

President Clinton is making dramatic changes to housing policy. But what happens when the new president takes office?

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is awarding more than $1 billion in grants to help more than 200,000 homeless people find shelter and become more self-sufficient. "Clinton also announced a rule requiring public housing authorities to do more to integrate public housing projects." But critics are sceptical: "It's a landmine for the next administration," said Robert Woodson of the National Center For Neighborhood Enterprise. "It's social engineering that didn't work with bussing and won't work this time."

Source: CBS News, December 23, 2000
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No matter how one wanted to organize the ideal city, housing security would be part of it. No community can function effectively if large numbers of its residents are regularly displaced or perpetually at risk of being displaced.