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In 1949, President Harry Truman signed the Housing Act, which gave federal, state, and local governments unprecedented power to shape residential life. One of the Housing Act’s main initiatives – “urban renewal” – destroyed about 2,000 communities in the 1950s and ’60s and forced more than 300,000 families from their homes. Overall, about half of urban renewal’s victims were black, a reality that led… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Reason Magazine – Hit & Run Discovery Date : 28/09/2011 12:54 Number of articles : 2
The Tragedy of Urban Renewal: The destruction and survival of a New York City neighborhood
