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Pruitt-Igoe: Ghosts and survivors of a failed urban policy

May 14, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Charity & Justice, Government, History, Housing, Media, Missouri region 3 comments

Watching “The Pruitt-Igoe Myth” in a packed theater this afternoon was much more than a movie-going experience: It was a history lesson, a fact-finding

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The importance of keeping public housing public

June 30, 2010 Madonna Gauding Government, Housing, Obama Leave a comment

People across the nation are speaking out against the Obama administration’s intention to privatize 1.2 million public housing units, under a HUD proposal called

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