A Boring Dystopia

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93 Year Old Woman Arrested for Resisting Eviction (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is actually an older news story, and it does appear as though she recovered from this before her death.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14389544

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

the US had a fairly successful public housing program until the 1980s when it was defunded then the coffin was nailed shut with the faircloth amendment passed in the 1990s.

[–] DanVctr 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What's the faircloth amendment?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

It bars the government from increasing the amount of public housing anywhere beyond 1999 levels.