Exploring America's Racist Housing Policies

The Takeaway | Sep 16, 2016

Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.

This week, our partners at the Retro Report documentary team looks back at the turbulent history of public housing, and the legacy of segregation and inequality that they leave behind.

The movement to end housing discrimination led to violent protests in Chicago in 1966, and it would take another decade and a court order before black residents, sequestered in public housing towers on the south side of Chicago, could apply for vouchers to rent properties in white, middle class neighborhoods. 

Scott Michels, a producer with the Retro Report documentary team, explains, how a little-known public housing program from the 1970s is changing housing policy today.

Check out Retro Report's full film below, and click on the 'Listen' button above to hear our conversation with Scott Michels. 

Be alert for scams. WNYC never asks for nor accepts money for coverage or interviews. Anyone making such a request does not represent WNYC.

WNYC is funded by sponsors and member donations

Top Stories

NYC school integration debate exposes tensions between Black parents and Mamdani

Some see a blind spot when it comes to the representation of Black New Yorkers in Mamdani's administration and agenda.
Gothamist |

Has MAGA Lost Faith in Donald Trump? Plus, Molly Fischer on Waymo

Rich Baris, a pollster supportive of MAGA, explains how the President lost control of his movement. And Fischer, a New Yorker staff writer, on the present and future of driverless cars.
The New Yorker Radio Hour |

How to Live Forever (or Die Trying)

Plus, a new apocalyptic strain of fascism.
On the Media |

Olivia Colman & Alexander Skarsgård in 'Wicker'; 35 Years of Aljira Gallery in Newark

All Of It with Alison Stewart |
YOU ARE ONLINE