Submitted by Charlene on Thu, 09/20/2007 - 4:00am.
Those wanting to live in such places had to qualify before they were allowed to apply. That meant that someone in the family had to have a full-time job (or, later on, be at war), the family income had to be below a certain level depending on family size, and (most importantly) every member of the family had to be of the "right" race, ie. generally white. Less than 3% of social housing was assigned to blacks despite the fact that 30% of inadequately housed families at the time were black. Of course, a black person couldn't apply for "white" social housing.
I'm constantly amazed at how little Americans know about their own country.
Dear God, you made many, many poor people.
I realize, of course, that it's no shame to be poor.
But it's no great honor either!
So, what would have been so terrible if I had a small fortune?
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 09/19/2007 - 6:33pm.
There's no shame in being poor, although we have certainly been taught to believe the opposite. Why do you equate poverty with low rents? Is it inconceivable that the non-rich would want to pay low rent? I'm poor, yet I pay high rent for my apartment.
