GEOG 26800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Public Works Administration, Affordable Housing

• School: University of Chicago
• Department: Geographical Studies
• Course: GEOG 26800
• Professor: Barlow

Document Summary

Crash course history of public housing: 1933-38 four public works administration (pwa) projects. It was responding to the a lawsuit which remains open, so today the gatreaux court decides the locations and unit mix. Participants are represented by a corporation that does not engage with the residents whatsoever: 1990s federal policy began favoring demolition, 1996 hud took over cha. Discovered 14k units that were uninhabitable: 1999 cha executes mtw agreement with hud, 2000 plan for transformation demolished thousands of public housing units across the city and expected 25k new units, but only 90% have delivered so far. Expand services to residents targeted to needs at critical milestones in their lives. Cha will pay up to 123% of fair market rent now. Is this ok: may allow for more access to job opportunities/schools for future improvement, can disperse poverty (but is this a positive or a negative, but nicer neighborhoods may have higher living costs in other areas too.