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Furthermore, both Apgar and Cavanaugh say that the terrible condition of most public housing and the low incomes of public housing tenants complicate the problem...
...What's interesting is that these ideas are not new. What's new is the word 'New Paradigm,'" comments Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning William C. Apgar, Jr., noting that the Reagan administration had embraced the themes of empowerment and that the idea of the sale of public housing has been around for almost a decade...
...many experts on housing at the Kennedy School express strong reservations about the ability of the government to implement such a program. Apgar, who is the associate director of Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies, says private ownership, while useful in some respects, would not ultimately solve all the problems faced by public housing tenants...
...There's no magic about home ownership that makes an unskilled worker into a skilled one," says Apgar. "Proving people with a home doesn't provide them with skills...
...Apgar agrees that, although private ownership might have positive effects on the tenants, the government must back up these ideals with solid financial support...