The neglect and deterioration of public housing due to federal funding cutbacks over the past two decades has made it a program hard to defend.
“Who would want to save these raggedy old buildings?” was a question often posed by Wardell Yotaghan, leader of the Coalition to Protect Public Housing in Chicago. He would quickly answer his own question by saying, ” We don’t want to save these old building in their present condition. We want these buildings rehabbed or new units built to meet the needs of all the people.”