Public housing in the United States and Canada

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In the United States and Canada, public housing is a federal, state or provincial, or local program designed to provide subsidized assistance for low-income and poor people. Increasingly provided in a variety of settings, public housing used to be one or more blocks of low-rise and/or high-rise housing operated by a government agency. They are often referred to as "the projects".

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[edit] History

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, government involvement in housing for the poor was chiefly in the area of requiring new buildings to meet certain standards - like having airshafts - for decent livability.

Most housing communities developed from the 1930s onward under the auspices of the housing division of the Public Works Administration and, after 1937, the United States Housing Authority created by the Wagner-Steagall Housing Act. Most of the initial public housing could be considered slum clearance; there wasn't a national initiative in place to build housing for the poor and so the number of units didn't increase. This helped ease the concerns of a health-conscious public by eliminating or altering neighborhoods commonly considered dangerous, and reflected progressive-era sanitation initiatives. However, the advent of make-shift tent communities during the Great Depression caused concern in the Administration. Franklin Delano Roosevelt wrote in 1938, "Today, we are launching an attack on the slums of this country."

A housing project in Asheville, North Carolina
A housing project in Asheville, North Carolina

Public housing in its earliest decades was usually much more working-class and middle-class and white than it was by the 1960s and after. Many Americans associate large, multi-story towers with public housing, but early projects, like the Ida B. Wells projects in Chicago, were actually low-rise, though Le Corbusier superblocks caught on before World War II, as seen in the (union built) Penn South houses in New York.

What Kenneth T. Jackson and other historians have called the "ghettofication" of public housing occurred for several reasons. One reason was the general weakening of the urban working classes. By the late 1950s the reservoir of needy working class urban dwellers was simply smaller than it had been previously.

Other reasons for the ghettofication of public housing can be attributed to broad public policy decisions. Federal law required that no person could pay more than a quarter of his or her income for rent in public housing. Since middle class people would pay as much, or more, for rent in public housing as they would in superior private housing, middle class people had no incentive to live in public housing at all. Another public policy factor that led to the decline in public housing was that, in general, city housing agencies ceased to screen tenants (New York City was an exception). In the 1940s, some public housing agencies, such as the Chicago Housing Authority under Elizabeth Wood, would only accept married tenants and gave special benefits to war veterans.

The federal government no longer pays to build housing projects. Since the early 1990s, it has given money under HOPE VI to tear down distressed projects, to be replaced by mixed communities built with private partners. [1]

[edit] Deterioration

Public housing was only built with the blessing of the local government. Hence, unlike France, projects were almost never built on suburban greenfields. Usually projects were built in older neighborhoods, whose old housing was demolished to make way for them. The destruction of tenements and eviction of their low-income residents consistently created problems in nearby neighborhoods with "soft" real estate markets.

The destruction of deteriorating buildings to make room for public housing often created problems in adjacent neighborhoods. An excellent example of this phenomenon can be found in Brooklyn. When blocks of slums in the Brownsville district were cleared to make room for public housing in the 1920s, thousands of displaced families moved into the neighboring district of East New York, which at that time was a predominantly white, middle-class area with a stable economy. The sudden influx of large, lower-income black and Hispanic families from Brownsville strained the physical and social services of the community. A mass exodus of the white population began (see white flight). Within six years a healthy community became one of the most decayed and dangerous neighborhoods in the United States. A similar situation occurred when Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania attempted to tear down public housing in the Polish Hill area to make way for a Civic Arena. (Crabgrass Frontier, 229)

[edit] Currently

Houses, apartments or other residential units are usually subsidized on a rent-geared-to-income (RGI) basis. Some communities have now embraced a mixed income, with both assisted and market rents, when allocating homes as they become available. The use of Low Income Housing Tax Credits have been used to create mixed income units.

In recent years, many such projects have been torn down, renovated or replaced after criticism that the concentration of poverty in economically depressed areas, inadequate management of the buildings, and government indifference have contributed to increased crime. U.S. public housing continues to have a reputation for violence, drug use, and prostitution, leading to the passage, in 1996, of a federal "one strike you're out" law, calling for the eviction of project tenants whose housing units are the scene of certain types of criminal activity, especially that which is drug-related.

The Metropolitan areas with largest providers of North American public housing are (Estimates):[citation needed]

    • New York City Housing Authority 162,130
    • Toronto Community Services 58,000
    • Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration 56,063
    • Chicago Housing Authority 34,499
    • Philadelphia Housing Authority 15,905
    • Housing Authority of Baltimore City 13,888
    • Boston Housing Authority 11,656
    • Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority 10,996
    • Housing Authority of New Orleans 10,874
    • Miami-Dade Housing Authority 10,036
    • Atlanta Housing Authority 9,772
    • D.C. Housing Authority 9,309
    • Newark Housing Authority 7,929
    • Navajo Housing Authority 7,685
    • Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles 7,509
    • Housing authority of the City of Pittsburgh 7,015
    • Seattle Housing Authority 6,700
    • San Antonio Housing Authority 6,332
    • San Francisco Housing Authority 6,272
    • Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (Portland) 6,243
    • Minneapolis Public Housing Authority 6,238

In reaction to the problems surrounding public housing, the US Congress passed legislation enacting the Section 8 Housing Program in 1974, which Richard Nixon signed into law, to encourage the private sector to construct affordable homes. This kind of housing assistance assists poor tenants by giving a monthly subsidy to their landlords. This assistance can be 'project based,' which applies to specific properties, or 'tenant based,' which provides tenants with a voucher they can use anywhere vouchers are accepted. Virtually no new project based Section 8 housing has been produced since 1983. Effective October 1, 1999, existing tenant based voucher programs were merged into the Housing Choice Voucher Program, which is today the primary means of providing subsidies to low income renters. The George W. Bush Administration has recently proposed controversial changes to the Housing Choice Voucher Program.

[edit] Some United States public housing developments

[edit] Alabama

  • Birmingham
    • Smithfield Courts
    • Cooper-Green
    • Marks Village
    • Tuxedo Courts (Ensley)
    • Collegeville Homes
    • Morton Simpson Homes
    • Tom Brown Village
    • Kimbrough Homes
    • North Birmingham Homes
    • Metropolitan Gardens
    • Freedom Homes
    • Harris Homes
    • Loveman Village
    • Elyton Village

[edit] Arkansas

  • Little Rock
    • Holand Court
    • Hangar Hill Housing
    • Sunset Terrace
    • The Pines
    • Westbridge Terrace
    • Hollingsworth Housing
    • Westgate
    • South End Housing
    • Granite Mountain
    • Huntonning
    • Arbor Place
    • Ashbury Place
  • North Little Rock
    • Shorter Garden
    • Eastgate Terrace
    • Silver City Court
    • Windemere
    • Hemlock Courts

[edit] California

  • San Francisco
    • 200 Randalph
    • Alemany Homes
    • Alice Griffith "Double Rock" Projects
    • Bernal Dwellings
    • Britton Homes (Geneva Towers)
    • Clementina Towers
    • Diamand Heights Dwellings
    • Freedom West Village
    • Friendship Village
    • Geneva Towers
    • Hayes Valley B
    • Hayes Valley C
    • Heritage Homes (Geneva Towers)
    • Holly Courts
    • Hunters Point Projects
    • Hunters View Dwellings
    • John F. Kennedy Towers
    • Kirkwood Homes
    • Marcus Garvey Projects
    • Martin Luther King Courts
    • North Beach Place
    • Oakdale Projects
    • Ping Yuen North
    • Ping Yuen Projects (Chinatown)
    • Plaza East
    • Potrero Annex
    • Potrero Terrace
    • Robert Pitts Homes
    • Robert Pitts Homes (Yerba Buena Plaza West)
    • Rosa Parks Annex
    • Northridge Homes
    • San Jule Apartments
    • Sunnydale Housing Projects
    • Sunnydale Projects
    • Tenderloin Residency Hotels
    • Thomas Payne Homes
    • Valencia Gardens
    • West Point Housing Projects
    • Westbrook Apartments
    • Westside Courts
    • Woodside Gardens

[edit] Connecticut

  • Bridgeport
    • Charles F. Greene Homes
    • Fireside Apartments
    • Harborview Towers
    • Marina Village
    • PT Barnum
    • Trumbull Gardens
  • Danbury
    • Laurel Gardens
    • High Ridge Gardens
    • Beaver Street
    • Eden Drive
  • Hartford
    • Betty Knox Apartments
    • Charter Oak Terrace
    • Chester Bowles Park
    • Kent Apartments
    • Mary Mahoney Village
    • Mary Shepard Place
    • Nelton Court
    • Smith Tower
    • Stowe Village
    • Westbrook Village
  • New Haven
    • Brookside-Rockview
    • Eastview
    • Essex
    • Farnam Courts
    • McConaughy Terrace
    • Monterey Place
    • Valley Townhouses
    • Waverly Townhouses
    • Westville Manor
  • Norwalk
    • Washington Village, the oldest public housing development in the state.
    • Roodner Court
    • Colonial Village
    • Meadow Gardens
    • King-Kennedy
  • Watertown
    • Greenbriar
    • Main Court
    • High Street Gardens

[edit] Florida

  • Fort Lauderdale
    • Dixie Court Housing Project, built in the late 1930s
    • Doctor Kennedy Homes
  • Gainesville
  • Miami
    • Lincoln Field
    • Sugar Hill, demolished, now remodeling
    • Brown Subs Projects
    • A.P.T. Apartments
    • Edison Courts
    • Liberty Square Housing Project, built in early 1930s; the oldest in Florida and one of the oldest in the South
    • James E. Scott and Carver Projects, Miami's largest public housing area before being demolished
    • Gwen Cherry
    • Phyllis Wheatly
    • Biscayne Village Apartments
    • Town Park
    • Coconut Grove Projects
    • South Miami Projects
    • Grove Homes
    • Goulds Homes
    • Cutler Manor
    • Arthur Mays Villas
    • Arthur Mays Village
    • Goulds Plaza
    • Southridge I & II
    • Perrine Rainbow
    • Perrine Villas
    • Perrine Gardens
    • Richmond Homes
    • Modello
    • Naranja Projects
    • Pine Island
    • Florida City Family
    • Florida City Gardens
    • Homestead Gardens

[edit] Georgia

  • Atlanta (Atlanta Housing Authority)
    • Techwood Homes, the first public housing project. Located in downtown Atlanta south of the campus of Georgia Tech. Torn down for Olympics and turned into Centennial Place (a HOPE VI project).
    • Bankhead Courts
    • Westminster
    • Hightower Manor
    • East Lake Towers
    • Antoine Graves Highrises (demolished)
    • Antoine Graves Annex Highrises (demolished)
    • Bowen Homes
    • University Homes
    • Gilbert Gardens, formerly Poole Creek (demolished)
    • Hollywood Courts
    • Thomasville Heights
    • Herndon Homes
    • Jonesboro South
    • Jonesboro North
    • MLK Towers
    • McDaniel-Glenn (demolished)
    • John Eagan Homes (now redeveloped into Magnolia Park)
    • John O. Chiles Homes
    • Georgia Avenue Towers
    • U-Rescue Villa
    • Cosby Spear Towers
    • Englewood Manor
    • Martin Street Plaza
    • Roosevelt Houses
    • Palmer Houses
    • Barge Road Highrises
    • Red Oak (Demolished)
    • Boatrock (demolished)
    • Grady Homes (demolished)
    • Harris Homes (now redeveloped into College Town)
    • Capital Homes (now being redeveloped into Capital Gateway)
    • John Hope Homes (now redeveloped into Villages at Castleberry Hill)
    • Carver Homes (now redeveloped into Villages at Carver)
    • Kimberly Courts (now redeveloped into Ashley Courts)
    • Herman E. Perry Homes (now redeveloped into West Highlands)
    • Eastlake Meadows, one of the most dangerous Public Housing Projects in Atlanta, often referred to as "Little Vietnam" or "Little Saigon" because of its high violence, demolished in 1996 before the Olympics. Over 70% of the families living there were victims of serious crimes, and the average age of a grandmother was 32.
    • Clark Howell Homes (demolished to make room for the centennial Olympic games of 1996)

[edit] Illinois

  • Chicago (Chicago Housing Authority)
    • Robert Taylor Homes, once the largest public housing development in the world: 28 buildings of 16 stories each, housed about 20,000 people. As of 2007, the Robert Taylor Homes have all been closed and all but one have been demolished, due to the implementation of the Chicago Housing Authority's Plan for Transformation.
    • Cabrini-Green
    • Ida B. Wells Housing Project - named after Ida B. Wells
    • ABLA
    • Atlgeld Gardens
    • Murray Homes
    • Bridgeport Homes
    • Dearborn Homes
    • Harold Ickes Homes, named after Harold L. Ickes
    • Henry Horner Homes, named after Henry Horner
    • Hilliard Homes
    • Lakefront Homes
    • Lathrop Homes
    • Lawndale Gardens
    • LeClaire Courts
    • Lowden Homes
    • Clarence Darrow Homes
    • Madden Park Homes
    • Randolph Towers
    • Trumbull Park Homes
    • Washington Park Homes
    • Wentworth Gardens
    • Stateway Gardens (demolished)
    • Rockwell Gardens

[edit] Indiana

  • Indianapolis
    • Mozel Sander Projects
    • Concord Village
    • Blackburn Terrace Projects (also known as Baltimore housing projects due to projects starting on 30th Street and Baltimore Ave.)
    • Park Lafayette
    • Laurelwood
    • Hawthrone Terrace
    • Beechwood Gardens
    • Rowney Terrace
    • Lockefield Gardens (the first to be built in Indianapolis and one of the first in the USA)
    • Stone Key Projects
  • Muncie
    • Munsyana Homes (demolished)
    • Parkview Apartments
    • Earthstone Terrace
    • Southern Pines
    • Elgin Manor
  • South Bend
    • Beacon Heights
    • Edison Gardens
    • Lasalle Park Homes
    • Lasalle Landing
    • Laurel Court
    • South Bend Avenue Homes
    • Harbor Homes
    • Alonzo Watson Housing University
      • Monroe Circle
      • The Quads
      • Rabbi Shulman Plaza Apartments
    • Twykenham Drive Apartments
    • Westscott Court

[edit] Kentucky

  • Louisville
    • Beecher Terrace
    • Cotter Homes
    • Iroquois Homes
    • Lang Homes
    • Liberty Green
    • Park DuValle
    • Parkway Place (public housing)
    • Sheppard Square

[edit] Louisiana

[edit] Maryland

  • Annapolis
    • Annapolis Gardens
    • Bloomsbury Square
    • Bowman Court
    • College Creek Terrace
    • Eastport Terrace
    • Glenwood Highrise
    • Harbor House
    • Newtowne 20
    • Obery Court
    • Robinwood
  • Baltimore
  • Hagerstown
    • Douglass Court
    • Frederick Manor
    • Gateway Crossing
    • Noland Village
    • Parkside Homes
    • Potomac Towers
    • Walnut Towers

[edit] Massachusetts

  • Boston
    • Academy, Roxbury
    • Alice Taylor, Roxbury
    • Archdale, Roslindale
    • Beech Street, Roslindale
    • Bromley-Heath (Heath Street), Jamaica Plain
    • Camden, Roxbury
    • Cathedral, South End
    • Charlestown (Bunker Hill), Charlestown (the largest public housing development in Boston)
    • Faneuil, Brighton
    • Franklin Field, Dorchester
    • Franklin Hill, Dorchester
    • Harbor Point Apartments (formerly known as Columbia Point), Dorchester
    • Lenox, Roxbury
    • Mary Ellen McCormack, South Boston
    • Maverick, East Boston
    • Mission Main, Roxbury
    • Old Colony, South Boston
    • Orchard Gardens (formerly Orchard Park) Roxbury
    • South Street, Jamaica Plain
    • West Broadway, South Boston
    • Whittier Street, Roxbury
  • New Bedford
    • Presidential Heights
    • Shawmut Village
    • Bay Village
    • Satellite Village
    • Dottin Place
    • Brickenwood Apartments
    • Nashmont Apartments
    • Bedford Village
    • United Front Apartments
  • Somerville
    • Mystic Projects
    • Clarendon Hill Projects
    • Clarendon Hill Towers
    • North Street Projects
  • Worcester
    • Plumley Village
    • Great Brooke Valley
    • Lakeside Projects

[edit] Michigan

  • Detroit
    • Brewster Houses
    • Brewster-Douglass
    • Charles Terrace (also known as Buffalo Projects)
    • Charles Diggs Jr. Homes
    • Evergreen Estates
    • Freedom States
    • Herman Gardens (demolished)
    • Jeffries East
    • Jeffries Homes (demolished)
    • John W. Smith Houses
    • Martin Luther King Apts.
    • Parkside, Homes II
    • Parkside, Homes IV
    • Research Park Homes
    • Scattered Sites Projects
    • Sojourner Truth Houses
  • Southfield
    • Lexington Apartments
    • Knob In The Woods
    • Silver Oaks Of Southfield
    • Hunters Pointe(Redevoloped)
    • Southfield Towers

[edit] Minnesota

  • St. Paul (St. Paul Public Housing Agency [2])
    • Central Duplexes
    • Dunedin Terraces
    • McDonough Homes
    • Mt. Airy Homes
    • Roosevelt Homes
    • West Side Duplexes
    • Central Hi-Rise
    • Cleveland Hi-Rise
    • Dunedin Hi-Rise
    • Edgerton Hi-Rise
    • Exchange Hi-Rise
    • Front Hi-Rise
    • Hamline Hi-Rise
    • Iowa Hi-Rise
    • Montreal Hi-Rise
    • Mt. Airy Hi-Rise
    • Neill Hi-Rise
    • Ravoux Hi-Rise
    • Seal Hi-Rise
    • Valley Hi-Rise
    • Wilson Hi-Rise
    • Wabasha Hi-Rise

[edit] Missouri

  • Kansas City (Housing Authority Of Kansas City, Missouri[3])
    • Chouteau Courts
    • Guinotte Manor
    • Riverview Gardens
    • Theron B. Watkins
    • Wayne Miner Court
    • West Bluff

[edit] Nebraska

[edit] New Jersey

  • Newark
    • Christopher Columbus Homes
    • Hayes Homes
    • Kretchmer Homes
    • Mechanic Street
    • Brick Towers (demolished)
    • James Baxter Terrace
  • Trenton
    • Samuel Haverstick Homes
    • Donnelly-Page Homes
    • Charles Miller Homes
    • Prospect Village
    • Lincoln Homes
    • Woodrow Wilson Homes
    • Roger Garden Homes

[edit] New York

  • Niagara Falls
    • Unity Park Complexes
    • Jordan Gardens Homes
    • Center Court Homes
    • Packard Court
    • AAA Buildings
    • Niagara Homes
  • New York City
    • Albany Houses, Brooklyn
    • Astoria Houses, Queens
    • Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
    • Bland Houses, Queens
    • Borinquen Plaza Houses, Brooklyn
    • Boston-Secor Houses, Bronx
    • Boulevard Houses, Brooklyn
    • Breukelen Houses, Brooklyn
    • Brownsville Houses, Brooklyn
    • Bronxdale Houses, Bronx
    • Bronx River Houses, Bronx
    • Bushwick Houses, Brooklyn
    • Butler Houses, Bronx
    • Carver Houses, Manhattan
    • Castle Hill Houses, Bronx
    • Coney Island Houses, Brooklyn
    • Cooper Park Houses, Brooklyn
    • Cypress Hills Houses, Brooklyn
    • Dyckman Houses, Manhattan
    • Edgemere Houses, Queens
    • Edenwald Houses, Bronx
    • Forest Houses, Bronx
    • Frederick Douglass Houses, Manhattan
    • Glenwood Houses, Brooklyn
    • Gowanus Houses, Brooklyn
    • Harlem River Houses, Manhattan
    • High Bridge Houses, Bronx
    • Hylan Houses, Brooklyn
    • Ingersoll-Whitman Houses, Brooklyn
    • Lakeview Apartments, Manhattan
    • Lillian Wald Houses, Manhattan
    • Linden Houses, Brooklyn
    • Marcy Houses, Brooklyn
    • Mariners Harbor Houses, Staten Island
    • Marlboro Houses, Brooklyn
    • Melrose Houses, Bronx
    • Millbrook Houses, Bronx
    • Mott Haven Houses, Bronx
    • Nostrand Houses, Brooklyn
    • Patterson Houses, Bronx
    • Pink Houses, Brooklyn
    • Polo Grounds Houses, Manhattan
    • Queensbridge Houses, Queens
    • Randell-Balcom Houses, Bronx
    • Ravenswood Houses, Queens
    • Red Hook Houses, Brooklyn
    • Redfern Houses, Queens
    • Robert F. Wagner Houses, Manhattan
    • Sheepshead Bay Houses, Brooklyn
    • Soundview Houses, Bronx
    • South Jamaica Houses, Queens
    • St. Nicholas Houses, Manhattan
    • Stapleton Houses, Staten Island
    • Throgs Neck Houses, Bronx
    • Taft Houses, Manhattan
    • Taino Towers, Manhattan
    • Van Dyke Houses, Brooklyn
    • Vandeveer Houses, Brooklyn
    • Williamsburg Houses, Brooklyn
    • Woodside Houses, Queens
    • Wyckoff Gardens, Brooklyn

[edit] North Carolina

  • Asheville
    • Deaverview
    • Hillcrest
    • Lee Walker Heights
    • McCormick Heights
    • Pisgah View

[edit] Ohio

  • Akron
    • Elizibeth Park
    • Joy Park
  • Columbus
    • Bollinger Tower
    • Canonby Court
    • Eastmoor Square
    • City View Homes
    • Glenview Estates
    • Greenbriar
    • Indian Meadows
    • Jenkins Terrace
    • Kenmore Square
    • Lincoln Park
    • Maple Glenn
    • Nazareth Towers
    • Poindexter Village
    • Post Oak Station
    • Reeb Hosack
    • Riverside-Bradley Homes
    • Rosewind
    • Sawyer Manor
    • Sawyer Towers
    • Sunshine Annex
    • Sunshine Terrace
    • Thornwood Commons
    • Trevitt Heights
    • Windsor Terrace
    • Worley Terrace
  • Dayton
    • Desoto Bass Courts
    • Parkside Holmes
    • Arlington Courts
    • Dunbar Manor
    • Mt.Crest Courts
    • Hilltop Holmes

[edit] Pennsylvania

  • Lehigh Valley
    • Cumberland Gardens
    • Delaware Terrace
    • Hanover Acres
    • Lynfield Homes
    • Marvine Village
    • Parkridge
    • Pawlowski Heights
    • Pembroke Village
    • Riverview Terrace
    • South Terrace

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh built some of the first public housing in the United States. It is being transformed by the HOPE VI program throughout the City. A report released on September 13, 2005 by the Brookings Institution has deemed the HOPE VI program in the Manchester neighborhood of Pittsburgh a success in transforming the public housing there as well as being a catalyst for revitalizing the entire neighborhood.

[edit] Puerto Rico

Main article: Public housing in Puerto Rico

[edit] Rhode Island

Providence

  • Chad Brown
  • Mantan
  • Hartford

[edit] Texas

  • Austin
    • Santa Rita Courts (the nation's first public housing built under the 1937 U.S. Housing Act
    • Rosewood Courts (built for African-Americans)
    • Chalmers Courts (built for Whites)
    • Meadowbrook
    • Booker T. Washington (Austin's largest public housing complex)
  • Dallas
    • Audelia Manor
    • Brooks Manor
    • Barbara Jordan Square
    • Carroll Homes
    • Brackins Village
    • Cedar Glen
    • Cedar Springs Place
    • Elmer Scott Place
    • Cliff Manor
    • Estell Village
    • Connor/Military
    • Forest Green Manor
    • Frankford Homes
    • Frazier Courts
    • The Hamptoms
    • Kingbridge Crossing
    • Lakeland Manor
    • Lakeview Homes
    • Lakeview Village
    • Larimore Lane
    • Little Mexico Village
    • Monarch Homes
    • Oakland Apartments
    • Park Manor
    • Pebbles Apartments
    • Roseland Gardens
    • Roseland Homes
    • Simpson Place
    • Town Park Apartments
    • Turner Courts
  • Galveston [4]
    • Apartments
      • Cedar Terrace
      • Magnolia Homes
      • Oleander Homes
    • Elderly high-rise apartments
      • Gulf Breeze
      • Holland House
    • The Oaks (elderly duplex)
  • Houston [5]
    • Public housing
      • Clayton Homes
      • Cuney Homes
      • Ewing Apartments
      • Forest Green Townhomes
      • Irvington Place
      • Kelly Village
      • Lincoln Park
      • Long Drive Townhomes
      • Wilmington House
      • Scattered Sites
    • Tax Credit Mixed-income housing
      • Kennedy Place
      • Historic Rental Initiative
      • Oxford Place
      • Historic Oaks of Allen Parkway
      • Victory Apartments
      • Heatherbrook

[edit] Virginia

  • Alexandria (Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority (ARHA)
    • James Bland Homes
    • Samuel Madden Homes
    • Andrew Adkins Place
    • Ramsay Homes
    • Jefferson Village
  • Chesapeake (Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority)
    • Broadlawn Park (170 units)
    • Owens Village (56 units)
    • MacDonald Manor (152 units)
    • Peaceful Village (65 units)
    • Schooner Cove (24 units)
  • Newport News
    • Harbor Homes
    • Dickerson Court
    • Orcutt Homes
    • Ridley Place
    • Aqua Vista
    • The Towers
    • Aqueduct Apartments
    • Cypress Terrace
    • Denbigh Trace
    • Marshall Courts
    • Stuart Gardens
  • Norfolk (Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority)
    • Calvert Square (formerly Calvert Park)
    • Diggs Town (formerly Diggs Park)
    • Grandy Village (formerly Grandy Park)
    • Moton Circle
    • Oakleaf Forest
    • Tidewater Gardens (formerly Tidewater Park)
    • Young Terrace (formerly Young Park)
    • Bowling Green (formerly Bowling Park (Demolished)
    • North Wellington Place Transitional Housing
  • Richmond
    • Gilpin Court
    • Dove Street Homes
    • Creighton Court
    • Whitcomb Court
    • Fairfield Court
    • Mosby Court
    • Essex Village
    • Midlothian Village
    • Hillside Court
    • Randolph Court(renamed Hope Village)

[edit] Washington

[edit] Washington, DC

  • Arthur Capper Homes(Demolished)
  • Edgewood Terrace
  • Montana Terrace
  • Potomac Gardens
  • Sursum Corda
  • Kenilworth Gardens
  • Barry Farm
  • Lincoln Heights

[edit] Canadian public housing projects

[edit] Alberta

  • Edmonton
    • Ekota 1 projects
    • Ekota Manor
    • Duggan projects (Near Southgate Mall)
    • Menisa 1 projects
    • Satoo 1 projects

[edit] British Columbia

  • Vancouver
    • Stamps Place (Raymur Place)
    • MacLean Park
    • Skeena Terrace

[edit] Manitoba

  • Winnipeg
    • Lord Selkirk Park
    • Gilbert Park

[edit] Nova Scotia

In more recent decades MRHA, the metro housing authority, has built smaller developments integrated into existing neighbourhoods. These are, individually, not notable enough to be included in this list.

  • Halifax R.M.
    • Bayers Park (Romans/Federal Ave)
    • Creighton/Gerrish/Gottingen Streets (various)
    • Gordon B. Isnor Manor (senior citizens)
    • Greystone Housing Complex (Spryfield)
    • Mulgrave Park
    • North Dartmouth (various)
    • Scotia Court
    • Sir John Thompson Manor
    • Sunrise Manor (senior citizens)
    • The Hydrostone (originally administered by the Halifax Relief Commission, now privately owned)
    • Uniacke Square

[edit] Ontario

  • St. Catharines
    • Manchester Apartments
    • Rykert Street Apartments
    • Northtown Courts
    • Roehampton Place

[edit] Quebec

  • Montreal
    • Habitations Jeanne Mance
    • Habitation Richmond

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