Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
- The U.S. government passed the Housing Act of 1949 that created public subsidized housing and guaranteed every citizen the right to a decent place to live. Now, over a half-century later, low-income Americans are facing a public housing crisis that remains hidden under the foreclosure issue that is getting more attention.
Is that 1949 guarantee of decent housing for everyone in this country soon expiring?
“These are the invisible people of our population,” noted National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) Legal Program Director Tiffany Gardner. The New York-based organization works with public housing communities in particular, she added. “They are not going to be on the evening news.”
