Our fall fundraising drive ends tonight, and we’re still $5,000 short of our goal. No billionaire owners, no paywall, no targeted ads—just readers like you. Can you chip in before time runs out?

Donate now

Our fall fundraising drive ends tonight, and we’re still $5,000 short of our goal. No billionaire owners, no paywall, no targeted ads—just readers like you. Can you chip in before time runs out?

Donate now
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
  • Newsletters
  • Sign In
  • Election 2026
  • AI & Data Centers
  • War in Iran
  • ICE
  • In the Magazine

The American Prospect

  • About Us
  • Meet the Staff
  • Donate
  • Subscribe to Our Magazine
  • Newsletter Sign-Up
  • Why We’re Removing Our Programmatic Ads
  • Careers
  • Frequently Asked Questions

The American Prospect

  • About Us
  • Meet the Staff
  • Donate
  • Subscribe to Our Magazine
  • Newsletter Sign-Up
  • Why We’re Removing Our Programmatic Ads
  • Careers
  • Frequently Asked Questions
Skip to content
The American Prospect

The American Prospect

Ideas, Politics & Power

  • Subscribe
  • Donate
  • Newsletters
  • Sign In
Donate Sign In
  • Election 2026
  • AI & Data Centers
  • War in Iran
  • ICE
  • In the Magazine
Home / Economic Policy / From “Projects” to Communities: How to Redeem Public Housing
Posted inEconomic Policy

From “Projects” to Communities: How to Redeem Public Housing

Saving public housing will require more than bootstrap lectures and selling off units to tenants. To transform housing projects into safe communities requires a new balance of rights and responsibilities—and real resources.
by John Atlas July 1, 1992

Share:

  • Share on Make us preferred on Google (Opens in new window) Make us preferred on Google
  • Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky
  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • More
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads
  • Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp
  • Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print

This article is not online

This article appears in Issue:.

Related

Tagged: Article, Cities & Communities, Features, Health & Social Policy, Poverty & Wealth

John Atlas

John Atlas is president of the National Housing Institute (NHI), a nonprofit research and policy center that sponsors Shelterforce magazine. More by John Atlas

Trending Now

Is Paris Burning?October 21, 2026
ICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Domestic Spy ProgramOctober 14, 2026
The Sad Republicans Exploiting Family TragedyOctober 22, 2026
Which Trumpies’ Heads Will Roll Next?October 19, 2026
A Perfect Economic StormOctober 16, 2026
  • About Us
  • RSS Feed
  • Why We’re Removing Our Programmatic Ads
  • Subscribe to Our Magazine
  • Manage A Recurring Donation
  • Contact
  • Careers
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Privacy Policy

Support the Prospect

DONATE
© 2026 The American Prospect, Inc. | All Rights Reserved Powered by Newspack Privacy Policy

If every reader who saw this gave $5, we’d hit our fundraising goal today.

We’re still $5,000 short, and our fundraising drive ends tonight. A small monthly gift is the best way to keep the Prospect free and independent.

Donate now

Our fall fundraising drive ends tonight. We’re $5,000 short of our fundraising goal.
Can you help?

Donate

Get the Prospect in your inbox

Cut through the noise of daily news with in-depth, progressive analysis.

Unsubscribe anytime. Submitting your email signs you up for our daily and weekly newsletters.

Get the Prospect in your inbox

Cut through the noise of daily news with in-depth, progressive analysis.

Unsubscribe anytime. Submitting your email signs you up for our daily and weekly newsletters.

Sign in or register

Or

Sign in by entering the code we sent to , or clicking the magic link in the email.

Forgot password
Continue Set a password (optional)

Privacy Policy. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Register

We'll create a new account for .

Gift this article