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the projects
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Subsidized housing in the United States.
World War II Era
One of the most unusual US public housing initiatives was the development of subsidized middle-class housing during the late New Deal (1940–1942) under the auspices of the Mutual Ownership Defense Housing Division of the Federal Works Agency under the direction of Colonel Lawrence Westbrook. These eight projects were purchased by the residents after the Second World War and as of 2009 seven of the projects continue to operate as mutual housing corporations owned by their residents. These projects are among the very few definitive success stories in the history of the US public housing effort.