Once again, lest I sound shrill...
In spite of all the hand-wringing I've seen, read, and heard on the subject of public housing, the issue I don't see any housing advocates willing to tackle is what to do with the people they would have return to public housing. There is no government infrastructure to support people living in poverty at this time. If you re-open public housing, where will the residents get health care? Where will their children go to school? How will they get to jobs without efficient public transportation?
"Right of return" is a good emotional slogan, but there's still nothing for people living in poverty to return to, and that's not going to change until there is a change of administrations at both the local and federal level. Even then, the little unsympathetic carpet-bagging turd who just got elected governor will be a huge roadblock in any effort to help people.

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