The Glenn Show is almost entirely audience-supported. To become a full subscriber and receive even more great TGS content, sign up here . Video Links 0:00 Howard’s new book, The Projects: A New History of Public Housing 5:58 The failed utopianism of American public housing 12:04 The dispossession of urban African American communities 14:54 Ground News ad 16:40 Did reformers have a reason for demolishing the slums? 22:01 Changing the culture of public housing 30:13 What’s working in public housing 33:35 Trump’s plan for a two-year limit on public housing 35:25 Howard’s criticism of Zohran Mamdani’s proposed rent freeze in NYC 41:13 The causes of homelessness 44:21 The “Move to Opportunity” experiments 48:11 What does it take to ensure that poor neighborhoods are also good neighborhoods Recorded November 19, 2025 Links and Readings Howard’s new book, The Projects: A New History of Public Housing Scott Davis’s book, The World of Patience Gromes: Making and Unmaking a Black Community Le Corbusier’s book, The Radiant City: Elements of a Doctrine of Urbanism to be Used as the Basis of Our Machine-Age Civilization Catherine Bauer’s book, Modern Housing Herbert Gans’s book, Urban Villagers: Group and Class in the Life of Italian-Americans HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration program Zohran Mamdani’s “freeze the rent” ad Matthew Desmond’s book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City UCSF’s homelessness study This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe
