Public Housing and Our Mid-Century Homes
Your mid-century house, and mine - just like 13 million solid ranches, tidy Levit cottages and charming post and beam homes built across the US between 1945 and 65 - might not strike you as "public housing." But they ARE our country’s solution to a housing crisis.
Post-war Britain, profoundly affected by the German Blitz and widespread destruction, embarked on a different path. Their "blitz spirit" of collective sacrifice led to a significant political shift and the creation of a robust welfare state, including a massive program of publicly subsidized housing (often called council housing)…
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