Chicago’s Public Housing Authority has an unusually high vacancy rate. Until they were evicted, it also had a group of unhoused people occupying one of those vacant buildings to bring attention to the ongoing vacancy problem – and to stay warm.
  • Infamousblt [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    14·
    8 months ago

    I opened the article because I wondered why. And then I read it and was like oh yeah same reason as always; privatization

  • mke_geek@lemm.ee
    115·
    8 months ago

    It’s the same story in many cities; the government doesn’t handle both managing money AND providing housing. The government should stick to just managing the funds and let private industry manage the housing.