"Most Infamous" Public Housing Projects in American History (Documentary) Crime | Hoods

Take an in-depth look into the most infamous public housing projects in US history.

[@carolyndaniels386]

I’m so grateful my father worked his ass off to keep his family out of the projects! We only lived in homes. My father has died now but he left me his home and I’m so grateful for.

[@Littlekitten_]

My dad worked his butt off too but now he’s a drunk . But your father sounds like an amazing father ❤ we are lucky

[@margc1625]

The outcome(s) of project housing was/is just as the "system" expected/predicted. This type of experiment was both successful and easily accomplished because the residents failed to acknowledge who their "enemies" were/are! Look up John B. Calhoun and the Behavioral Sink for further explanation.

[@ossoduro7794]

They've been and continue to be used by the establishment, and most of them never realize it. Throughout the course of history, there has never been a group as easily manipulated.

[@pamwhipple7580]

Will do thanks for the info

[@GHO5tMod3]

The older design of them all look depressing like prisons

[@MrZinnerman]

That's what they really are😢

[@tunedtfin917]

The worst Housing authorities are 1.Chicago (Towers Demolished) 2. Newark( Towers Demolished ) 3. Baltimore ( Towers Demolished) 4. New Orleans( Gentrified/Demolished) 5. Philadelphia 6. St. Louis ( Towers Demolished) 7. Detroit( Towers Demolished) 8. Newport News 9. New York City 10. Los Angeles Chicago and Newark Projects were both equally as bad and they are the worst by a landslide and is the reason why they both got rid of their skyscrapers today. The rest of the cities have livability in their Housing.

[@ninobrown90]

look up queens bridge projects 😂

[@ninobrown90]

wtf are you talking about😂

[@tunedtfin917]

@@ninobrown90 I’m saying on how well maintained the Housing Authority is, This means all projects on average. NYCHA actually maintained 700,000 people pretty well. There’s some legendary projects but still not as Dangerous as Brewster Projects(Detroit), Cabrini-Green( Chicago), Scudder Homes( Newark).

[@micvic83]

​@@tunedtfin917Scudder, Stella Wright, Hayes, Columbus

[@tunedtfin917]

@@micvic83 Yeah the whole Newark Housing Authority. Every single one of them was deadlier than NYCHA even still today.

[@evelynwilson1566]

We had these in Scotland. They're called schemes over here. They were generally used to provide ' decent' housing for people who lived in slum areas. Many schemes were fine - they were well built, had a sense of community and had facilities or were close to town centres. The problem seems to have come with large developments built in the sixties and seventies. These houses were often badly built, were really new towns or villages but had very few facilities and people were moved from city centres to suburbs or smaller towns miles away. I wouldn't say our schemes are as violent as what you're describing here but there is a gang culture amongst teens in some of them, and lots of poverty, unemployment and addiction. I think in the sixties and seventies ( and to some extent the fifties)architects had grand ideas but never thought about the reality of how these buildings would age, how much it would cost to maintain them or what facilities people needed. So they started as great places to live but sadly declined quickly. Then problem tenants moved in and drugs got a hold.

[@brendaperry7272]

Thank You for showing this video , I used to live in Cabrini Green years ago , it was a truly terrifying experience , God Bless all the survivors , AMEN !

[@Ellis_B]

God bless you

[@rosereport7443]

Cabrini Green has been torn down for over 30 years here in Chicago. I live in Chicago.

[@swannoir7949]

It's been 20 years.

[@cmzeman]

Are you 30 yet? Before you answer, you should know I'm a north side native.

[@rosereport7443]

@@cmzeman Thank you for the compliment. I'm 61

[@rotricesummerville7910]

Candyman...was filmed at the Caprini green projects 😮🎉

[@Runningwolf432]

Man this hits hard for me because my mother grew up in the Brewster projects

[@David-lb4ke]

Brewster Projects, from what I hear, was some rough, rough shit. It’s probably what gifted Detroiters the stereotype that they can fight.

[@BK_718]

In NYC we still have 320 out of the original 322 projects built. Only 2 got torn down and both were replaced with mixed income and affordable housing. Those 2 were Markham gardens in Staten Island which were 2 story town house style projects and prospect plaza high rise towers in Brownsville Bklyn. Although we have some wild projects in Brooklyn the worst ones Ive been to were my sisters projects in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. 🇵🇷 (Caserio Montana - Aguadilla)

[@micvic83]

Anything in PR is wild bro

[@BK_718]

@@micvic83 word bro I already know 💯

[@ninobrown90]

public housing should be more for people who truly need it not lazy people who dont wanna work

[@kewagod]

Drop the damn mic 🎤 Boom......

[@Fido2414]

We had 28 high rises in the Robert Taylor homes.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

I remember when they said that white lady who move into building she was some type of mayor or governor or something like that. But she didn't last long living there. Green project home.

[@chocolate82467]

Yep, mayor Jane Byrne. She didn’t stay there long. It was harder to live there than she thought, even with security.

[@MarthaMiller-gx1yk]

Very eye opening and informative video. Its interesting to see how urban renewal created more problems than it solved. Its been my assertion that the purpose of government housing was to provide affordable public housing. The goal was for the residents to save money while preparing for their future. When jobs were lost and crime increased, business and services left the area , urban blight was created. Prior to these projects being built , blacks owned their own homes , businesses , hospitals, etc. Our High-schools graduation rate was phenomenal . Not only were we receiving a quality education, but our schools were the social hub of our community. As as result we were told that our schools did not provide a quality education, so our High-schools were closed and the high school dropout rate is...but our incarceration rate is .

[@jacobmervin7810]

I’m glad you’re back bro 💪🏾

[@KlasicMusic]

FINALLY!!!! GOTTA REACT TO THIS CLASSIC BEFORE YOU Take THEM DOWN AGAIN FAM 🫡

[@bazodee2]

Homelessness was near zero when these projects existed, now its through the roof.

[@ShesMajickal_]

Starting with Candyman is epic

[@Brandon-de7qy]

That mac melph caliope st thomas and st bernard in new orleans was the worst

[@coachkay773]

Robert Taylor’s the illest

[@jpgib4647]

Can’t leave dat Desire out bruh. Come on na!

[@micvic83]

Please make a Part 2. Theres a lot thats left out

[@paul06660]

Reason why Pruitt Igoe's land was never redeveloped was due to having all manner of toxic substances left in the soil. During the 60s the Army was conducting radiation experiments dumping cadmium sulfide down the ventilation systems. In addition to all the other toxic chemicals like pcb's and asbestos used in the buildings' construction.

[@troyciewaller3411]

Until they on the NGA West project and that hospital they have right there now

[@mayaab1382]

Horrific "experiment" in the "projects".

[@CP-3333]

The first problem is population control. Too many young children born into impossible situations. Government assistance was meant to be a temporary crutch not a way of life.

[@rayy180]

You forgot Brownsville Bk Ny and Brooklyn Ny got the most dangerous projects and Queen bridge

[@jasperdilincoln2341]

Good Documentary, is there a part 2? Projects in LA, Boston, Baltimore, Atlanta, Dallas/ Houston etc ?

[@chicosworld]

Man i miss the 90s joe...our projects were cities within the city....the Taylors had at one point 30,000 registered tenants not including the extra 2 or 3 ppl per household that wasn't on the lease....basically they had a bigger population than some suburbs lol 💯

[@showmestatefinest5412]

So u miss all the destruction and poverty and open air drugs that were destroying our ppl. The projects were experiments amd the tenants were the lab rats. Nothing to be proud of or miss

[@alphaomega1351]

​@@showmestatefinest5412 They become a product of their environment. They adapt and what's chaos to most looking in becomes normal to all living within. 😳

[@pp3k3jamail]

💥💥Should've had the East Capitol dwellings in Washington DC on here. In fact you could've had a lot of housing projects from Washington DC, The Frederick Douglass dwelling, Barry farms, East Gate projects, highland dwellings, Langston Lane, Lincoln heights, Sursum corda, woodland terrace, valley green, sky tower, Wahler place, Wheeler terrace apartments and many more. People would be surprised how many projects were in Washington DC. Virtually the whole darn city was mostly low income housing besides the downtown area probably the north west area for the most part. When i first came down here i was floored, because that was not how in envision Washington DC the nation capitol to be.

[@porkchop7652]

The thing I don't get is, the old ghettos that the irish, Italian and Jewish gangsters came from are now really nice areas. Those gangsters put money back into their community. They started with simple things like restaurants and shops and turned their community around. We just make it worse and worse. No organisation and no real care for the community.

[@taurusyoung5738]

Wast born & raised in state way, grow up in the Robert Taylor, days was cray but fun..

[@Brandon-de7qy]

Matter fact all the projects in new orleans should top the list

[@carlajohnson9849]

I seen when the young lady got ran over by the guys gf in the pink houses parking lot. The gf got charged for the murder

[@maruya2076]

The big problem with that housing is that the people themselves are the problem

[@r.w.sexposedlive2894]

Yeah that's why black women need to stop procreation all together

[@ossoduro7794]

$hitboxes

[@deanmeyers7957]

They had 12 foot basketball rims in the brewsters so ppl wouldn’t keep stealing the rims😂 I used to go over there wit my auntie back in the day, nothing seem that bad as a kid when you all you know is hood shit fr

[@christopherstmarin]

I grew up in the projects. Small city 17k people. They are all the same. Crime, drugs plenty of violence daily. I’m from Canada. Projects are projects. 95% single mothers.

[@CGR2100]

Scary ah video

[@user-uc9ne8ow2u]

17:39 G baby thats you?

[@KmvS86]

19:15 All is Well King. TVL 🎩🍸⭐️

[@Spaghetti_policy]

It’s the set of Good Times!

[@MsDisneylandlover]

I live in a crazy apartment place it is bad. Outside in inside. Graffiti all over the windows. Just a hot mess. Homeless people everywhere and all other types of stuff smh. Lord forgive but my apartment building might as well be the project if u look at how it is kept no one cares smh. It is just bad smh. #DisneyDiva

[@cmzeman]

The brother talking to Studs Terkel about the possibilities in the Taylor homes was actually named Renault Robinson. Don't be fooled by the racist subtitles. ;-)

[@gucciashton4731]

What is the UK equivalent of housing projects or section 8 housing?

[@miked451]

Probably social or benefits housing.

[@chrisgoffe5048]

..rest in peace Soulja Slim ..free CMurder

[@markb2175]

Nice try but you can't help a people who won't help themselves.

[@woke49]

children huh

[@LaurieValdez-zk3dy]

They are very bad

[@KeyaonJackson-ed7mi]

Robert Taylor 5041. Building mark Clark Building

[@brucehescht6924]

Uthiniz

[@yavisclayborn3382]

E. St Louis IL 618 All Day

[@takeover2796]

Guns gun violence

[@jacksonernie484]

Who? The criminal iIlegals??

[@curtishall8156]

Terrible documentary….. how you speak on public housing but leave Newark NJ out. Said to be the poster child of failed public housing in the 80’s when they started demolishing them. Also you can check out the Newark riots 1967….. they started in Hayse Homes. Do your homework.

[@ossoduro7794]

Wrong! They're all insignificant, especially Hayes Homes...at least learn how to spell it correctly, lest you remain uncelebrated.