Infrastructure

How public housing projects made life worse for the urban poor

By Anthony Paletta
Published January 23, 2026 4:27am ET
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How public housing projects made life worse for the urban poor
Queensbridge Houses, the largest public housing development in North America, located in Long Island City in Queens, New York, 1938. (Getty Images)

Good intentions tend to carry far more weight than they should in some spheres. Public housing is unquestionably one of them. 

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