Governments tried something similar with various housing project initiatives throughout the later part of the twentieth century.
It was an unmitigated disaster, and public policy has now shifted 180 degrees (with the biggest change in policy coming from the passing of the Public Housing Reform Act in 1998).
Even DC, where I live, has been working to undo fifty years of bad housing policy, with the shuttering and redevelopment of projects.
While serving on a homicide grand jury, ~20 of the 100 or so homicides we heard occurred at Sursom Corda, one of the last projects in the city, which was finally closed down.
It was an unmitigated disaster, and public policy has now shifted 180 degrees (with the biggest change in policy coming from the passing of the Public Housing Reform Act in 1998).
Even DC, where I live, has been working to undo fifty years of bad housing policy, with the shuttering and redevelopment of projects.
While serving on a homicide grand jury, ~20 of the 100 or so homicides we heard occurred at Sursom Corda, one of the last projects in the city, which was finally closed down.