Jemin Na’s Reviews > High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing > Status Update

The Free Street Theatre's musical "Project!"
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"Since Cabrini-Green and other beleaguered public housing developments in Chicago had vacancies, that's where large numbers of ex-offenders were went. These were people who needed shelter and a fresh start, but also required extensive guidance and counseling; parolees were supposed to be monitored and mentored."

The book's emphasizes the Cabrini-Green residents' lives. Where the children played, what jobs the residents had, how the police treated them and etc. Its scope is broader and more personal than I expected. By broader I mean, so far, I haven't read any clear policy based cause and effect arguments.

"Critics of the day denounced [state-run housing] as government overreach, with the handouts maligned as anticapitalist, socialist, and generally un-American." I think we kind of have to live with each other's differences on this fundamental worldview issue. (We are obviously correct but since they won't change lol) I guess we just have to do the best to make our ideology-driven policies to work well in reality.

"More than 40 percent of all workingmen in Chicago were unemployed during those years (the Depression), and the city had a shortage of 150,000 affordable homes, with the demand increasing and nothing new being built. A Hooverville formed downtown, on the outskirts of Grant Park, hundreds of jerry-built structures made of cardboard, scrap, and tar paper."