A Rebirth in the Bronx: Is This How to Save Public Housing?
The New York Times
The Baychester Houses have been brightly refurbished using a federal program that could help fix America’s ailing subsidized housing situation.
Sandra Gross remembers moving in the 1990s into Baychester Houses in the Bronx. She gasped at her new sunny apartment and the flowers outside. “I wanted to kiss the ground, it was so beautiful,” she told me. But like so many other public housing projects in the city, Baychester deteriorated. Gross tried rallying her neighbors, lobbying officials for help. Conditions only got worse. Then, a few years ago, the rumors started.More Related News