This text breaks down some of the common misconceptions about Public Housing and the Plan for Transformation.
Taken from http://www.limits.com/cpph/assumptions.html
Plan for Transformation
By David Ranney and Pat Wright
What is at stake in the CHA redevelopment is nothing less than the chance to correct the wrong-headed and discriminatory policies that government agencies continue to make concerning housing. What are the "mistaken" policies (See Tribune editorial, January 14, 2000) that the CHA board, city and federal housing policy-makers continue to make? Here are the top three.
1. Top down planning without tenant participation
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