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Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It attributed the issue to management failure and said the vacancies have accelerated the agency’s steadily deteriorating financial condition. The City Council is worked up about it (" D.C. Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ). The board is appointed by the mayor and city council.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I stopped testifying when I realized that the city's elected officials either didn't understand or care. I and many activists were against public funding, but it happened anyway.