(Archived document, may contain errors) 359 June 12, 1984 PUBLIC HOUSING FROM TENANTS TO HOMEOWNERS INTRODUCTION Publi c housing projects in the United States have come to epitomize urban blight. While this view is exaggerated it is nevertheless true that public housing represents one of the great ironies of federal intervention 1930s, the assumption was that the projects would help ameliorate social problems in the cities by stabilizing communities and the housing stock When the program began in the The reverse has been true.