Qualifications to get into Project housing in the 70's

[GoldenTV]

I am trying to find more specific information about what make a person or family qualify to be eligible to live in the Chicago's housing Projects back in the 1970's like the Evans family did. Is qualification mostly based on income or should the family or single parents must also have underage children to be eligible.

In the show GoodTimes, we see single person such as Wilona and senior citizen such as Wanda (or the lady with Meatloaf ) also living in the project. So I'm guessing the eligibility is mostly based on income.

(Chicago's Cabrini–Green housing project before demolition)

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by GoldenTV

I am trying to find more specific information about what make a person or family qualify to be eligible to live in the Chicago's housing Projects back in the 1970's like the Evans family did. Is qualification mostly based on income or should the family or single parents must also have underage children to be eligible.

In the show GoodTimes, we see single person such as Wilona and senior citizen such as Wanda (or the lady with Meatloaf ) also living in the project. So I'm guessing the eligibility is mostly based on income.

(Chicago's Cabrini–Green housing project before demolition)

only in the TV world can a single person with no dependents occupy a apt in the projects lol In reality, those homes are only for low income families not single people with no dependents

[GoldenTV]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

only in the TV world can a single person with no dependents occupy a apt in the projects lol In reality, those homes are only for low income families not single people with no dependents

Thanks for that info. It still make one wonder with mostly families with children living in the project, why there still be so much crime and violence in that neighborhood. I am guessing poverty and lack of parental supervision was main cause of crimes. We had a similar low income projects in out town and it got also demolished due to high crime rate in that area.

[BestTVever]

Originally Posted by GoldenTV

Thanks for that info. It still make one wonder with mostly families with children living in the project, why there still be so much crime and violence in that neighborhood. I am guessing poverty and lack of parental supervision was main cause of crimes. We had a similar low income projects in out town and it got also demolished due to high crime rate in that area.

The Chicago projects that were featured at the beginning of the show were horrific. There is a documentary on youtube how deadly they became and were eventually torn down. They learned it was a mistake to build such high rise low income projects. They became drug dens with gang violence and frequent murders.

[TheLittleFaerie]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

only in the TV world can a single person with no dependents occupy a apt in the projects lol In reality, those homes are only for low income families not single people with no dependents

It could have been an income-based housing, anyone can stay in those, I know I'm in one

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by TheLittleFaerie

It could have been an income-based housing, anyone can stay in those, I know I'm in one

Just found out the projects was created for low income individuals and families