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Howard Husock – The Failure of American Public Housing
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The Glenn Show is almost entirely audience-supported. To become a full subscriber and receive even more great TGS content, sign up here . Video Links 0:00 Howard’s new book, The Projects: A New History of Public Housing 5:58 The failed utopianism of American public housing 12:04 The dispossession of urban African American communities 14:54 Ground News ad 16:40 Did reformers have a reason for demolishing the slums? 22:01 Changing the culture of public housing 30:13 What’s working in public housing 33:35 Trump’s plan for a two-year limit on public housing 35:25 Howard’s criticism of Zohran Mamdani’s proposed rent freeze in NYC 41:13 The causes of homelessness 44:21 The “Move to Opportunity”…