A Failure in Public Housing: The Story of Pruitt-Igoe
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The Public Housing Acts
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis Housing Authority
Urban Renewal
Pruitt-Igoe
Pruitt-Igoe
Construction
Opening Day
Deteriorating Conditions
Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction
The Rent Strike and the Brooke Amendment
Demolition
Blaming the Tenants
Blaming the Achitecture
Reasons for Failure
Significance in History
Timeline
Research
Chain Reaction
The deterioration of Pruitt-Igoe triggered a
series of reactions and reforms
that began with the 1969 rent strike.