Darn Skippy! Every “public housing” I have worked on in the past or drive by currently is a hot mess of folks that have abandoned effort to succeed and appear to have given in to a minimal level of sustainability. Same thing at many reservations I’ve traveled thru as well. They don’t get that feeling of worthiness living free or low cost at and not striving to advance in a career. It’s truly keeping people down.
They live down to the expectations that the Best-and-Brightest have for them. I won't lay primary blame on them, though, because they have been done unto by those white knights.
What have we been reduced to?! Imagine the people who built ancient Athens and Rome, the European Gothic cathedrals, trying to do all that without HUD! AmIright?!
What do you think of the City Of Yes program which is close to being passed in New York? Supposedly it will give contractors new leeway with the building authority to turn a lot of older buildings especially small businesses or upstairs tenements into new residences for immigrants or structures to accommodate the big chains. They and the developers are the ones making money right now.
I'm unfamiliar with it, but in general I'd say "programs" reek of carveout rather than remedy. Why not simply pare back the laws that restrict such redevelopment for everyone?
Your header photo is metaphorically apropos, showing the Brutalist architecture of the HUD HQ 🤭
Darn Skippy! Every “public housing” I have worked on in the past or drive by currently is a hot mess of folks that have abandoned effort to succeed and appear to have given in to a minimal level of sustainability. Same thing at many reservations I’ve traveled thru as well. They don’t get that feeling of worthiness living free or low cost at and not striving to advance in a career. It’s truly keeping people down.
They live down to the expectations that the Best-and-Brightest have for them. I won't lay primary blame on them, though, because they have been done unto by those white knights.
I shudder at the thought of the types of people drawn to work at HUD.
What have we been reduced to?! Imagine the people who built ancient Athens and Rome, the European Gothic cathedrals, trying to do all that without HUD! AmIright?!
What do you think of the City Of Yes program which is close to being passed in New York? Supposedly it will give contractors new leeway with the building authority to turn a lot of older buildings especially small businesses or upstairs tenements into new residences for immigrants or structures to accommodate the big chains. They and the developers are the ones making money right now.
I'm unfamiliar with it, but in general I'd say "programs" reek of carveout rather than remedy. Why not simply pare back the laws that restrict such redevelopment for everyone?