Howard Husock – The Failure of American Public Housing

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To become a full subscriber and receive even more great TGS content, <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com" target="_blank">sign up here</a>.</p><p><strong>Video Links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA" target="_blank">0:00</a> Howard’s new book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Projects-New-History-Public-Housing/dp/1479828432/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2L78D1LFCHYQC&#38;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.7e3TYDDZGFME7SETbmIffQ.3lCK7CgBbblGhL68MIHX1PVGNKFFz3AM30HNxEJsap8&#38;dib_tag=se&#38;keywords=the+projects+husock&#38;qid=1763745965&#38;sprefix=the+projects+husoc%2Caps%2C156&#38;sr=8-1" target="_blank"><em>The Projects: A New History of Public Housing</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&#38;t=358s" target="_blank">5:58</a> The failed utopianism of American public housing </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&#38;t=724s" target="_blank">12:04</a> The dispossession of urban African American communities </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&#38;t=894s" target="_blank">14:54</a> Ground News ad </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&#38;t=1000s" target="_blank">16:40</a> Did reformers have a reason for demolishing the slums?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&#38;t=1321s" target="_blank">22:01</a> Changing the culture of public housing</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&#38;t=1813s" target="_blank">30:13</a> What’s working in public housing</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&#38;t=2015s" target="_blank">33:35</a> Trump’s plan for a two-year limit on public housing</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&#38;t=2125s" target="_blank">35:25</a> Howard’s criticism of Zohran Mamdani’s proposed rent freeze in NYC</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&#38;t=2473s" target="_blank">41:13</a> The causes of homelessness </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&#38;t=2661s" target="_blank">44:21</a> The “Move to Opportunity” experiments </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5IC199rfA&#38;t=2891s" target="_blank">48:11</a> What does it take to ensure that poor neighborhoods are also good neighborhoods</p><p>Recorded November 19, 2025</p><p><strong>Links and Readings</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Projects-New-History-Public-Housing/dp/1479828432/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2L78D1LFCHYQC&#38;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.7e3TYDDZGFME7SETbmIffQ.3lCK7CgBbblGhL68MIHX1PVGNKFFz3AM30HNxEJsap8&#38;dib_tag=se&#38;keywords=the+projects+husock&#38;qid=1763745965&#38;sprefix=the+projects+husoc%2Caps%2C156&#38;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Howard’s new book, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Projects-New-History-Public-Housing/dp/1479828432/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2L78D1LFCHYQC&#38;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.7e3TYDDZGFME7SETbmIffQ.3lCK7CgBbblGhL68MIHX1PVGNKFFz3AM30HNxEJsap8&#38;dib_tag=se&#38;keywords=the+projects+husock&#38;qid=1763745965&#38;sprefix=the+projects+husoc%2Caps%2C156&#38;sr=8-1" target="_blank"><em>The Projects: A New History of Public Housing</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/World-Patience-Gromes-Unmaking-Community-ebook/dp/B008YNAE6U/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1Q32QSHVX4BUO&#38;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.cggq4K6tuij8h7PtWVb_u3L8sIPHtDn0RMFXtWOkVnE.9p-tgWVH9GyTTLJHgbBlrdZWHF2zA7PXZuQERZRmlbM&#38;dib_tag=se&#38;keywords=the+world+of+patience+gromes&#38;qid=1763746302&#38;sprefix=the+world+of+patience+%2Caps%2C157&#38;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Scott Davis’s book, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/World-Patience-Gromes-Unmaking-Community-ebook/dp/B008YNAE6U/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1Q32QSHVX4BUO&#38;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.cggq4K6tuij8h7PtWVb_u3L8sIPHtDn0RMFXtWOkVnE.9p-tgWVH9GyTTLJHgbBlrdZWHF2zA7PXZuQERZRmlbM&#38;dib_tag=se&#38;keywords=the+world+of+patience+gromes&#38;qid=1763746302&#38;sprefix=the+world+of+patience+%2Caps%2C157&#38;sr=8-1" target="_blank"><em>The World of Patience Gromes: Making and Unmaking a Black Community</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Radiant-City-Elements-Machine-Age-Civilization/dp/B001B3QLK8" target="_blank">Le Corbusier’s book, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Radiant-City-Elements-Machine-Age-Civilization/dp/B001B3QLK8" target="_blank"><em>The Radiant City: Elements of a Doctrine of Urbanism to be Used as the Basis of Our Machine-Age Civilization</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Housing-Catherine-Bauer/dp/1517909066" target="_blank">Catherine Bauer’s book, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Housing-Catherine-Bauer/dp/1517909066" target="_blank"><em>Modern Housing</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Urban-Villagers-Group-Class-Italian-Americans/dp/0029112400" target="_blank">Herbert Gans’s book, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Urban-Villagers-Group-Class-Italian-Americans/dp/0029112400" target="_blank"><em>Urban Villagers: Group and Class in the Life of Italian-Americans</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.hud.gov/hud-partners/rad" target="_blank">HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration program</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v6Ebo17Mc-M" target="_blank">Zohran Mamdani’s “freeze the rent” ad</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Evicted-Poverty-Profit-American-City-ebook/dp/B010ZXKCAO/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2USOXVSGT015E&#38;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.m-DnFWjbfGe9fro2yp8IMt-GrNw2YD-1V0QB0bEbbNOkjRVKq79xx3EIogALZJMhitewvyuN8Xm9OKCaQX56XhrN0NGjFSzDcn5cGd8uUkL7STQoVfALL808i8xN18YP1-ndrr1nRZyyGeqoaPVtTj57ZU07VOR2yxKnsFJRVx2_WPu6e3rmfdPNzAFWaXxDxDSVN_8AOM6OBkdDhg13WEEs29GyZpZ4Hgyacdc10dQ.PC5tlaqQLily6OHHzqphU2YAWVyHa0ViUzzb6FRYmQY&#38;dib_tag=se&#38;keywords=matthew+desmond+evicted&#38;qid=1763748684&#38;sprefix=matthew+desmond+evicte%2Caps%2C141&#38;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Matthew Desmond’s book, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Evicted-Poverty-Profit-American-City-ebook/dp/B010ZXKCAO/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2USOXVSGT015E&#38;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.m-DnFWjbfGe9fro2yp8IMt-GrNw2YD-1V0QB0bEbbNOkjRVKq79xx3EIogALZJMhitewvyuN8Xm9OKCaQX56XhrN0NGjFSzDcn5cGd8uUkL7STQoVfALL808i8xN18YP1-ndrr1nRZyyGeqoaPVtTj57ZU07VOR2yxKnsFJRVx2_WPu6e3rmfdPNzAFWaXxDxDSVN_8AOM6OBkdDhg13WEEs29GyZpZ4Hgyacdc10dQ.PC5tlaqQLily6OHHzqphU2YAWVyHa0ViUzzb6FRYmQY&#38;dib_tag=se&#38;keywords=matthew+desmond+evicted&#38;qid=1763748684&#38;sprefix=matthew+desmond+evicte%2Caps%2C141&#38;sr=8-1" target="_blank"><em>Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City</em></a></p><p><a href="https://homelessness.ucsf.edu/our-impact/studies/california-statewide-study-people-experiencing-homelessness" target="_blank">UCSF’s homelessness study</a></p> <br /><br />This is a public episode. 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