Public Housing Doesn't Have to Be Terrible
- Title
- Public Housing Doesn't Have to Be Terrible
- Creator
- Alana Semuels
- Description
- Public housing gets a bad rap, but Maddie Garrett has no complaints. She’s lived on the same few blocks on Austin’s east side for 50 years, moving between one of the nation’s oldest public-housing complexes, Rosewood Courts, and a senior housing development called Salina Apartments. When her family grew, the housing authority helped her move to a bigger apartment; when her kids moved away, she moved back to a smaller one. When her husband became disabled, the housing authority put them in a unit that could accommodate his disabilities...
- Publisher
- The Atlantic
- Date
- 2015
- Format
- article
- Link
- www.theatlantic.com
- Source
- Semuels, Alana. “Public Housing Doesn’t Have to Be Terrible.” The Atlantic, September 22, 2015. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/public-housing-success/406561/.