The New York City Housing Authority said in a statement that poor living conditions in the housing are reflective of the desperate need for federal funds to upgrade the nation’s decaying public housing stock.
“It’s a lot of tension on me. When you go in the bathroom, if it’s not dripping you have to say, ‘Let me hurry up before it starts raining on me,’"said Covington, 57, a former musician and flight attendant who relies on a walker after a series of heart attacks and strokes. Covington pointed to the black umbrella he has occasionally had to use to take to the bathroom. “Our housing has so many problems that have developed over years that they have started to layer upon each other.
On Zoom calls over the past several weeks, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and Rep. Jerry Nadler have told advocates that they are fighting to ensure public housing funds stay in the final legislation. "This bill is the first time we’ve seen a pendulum swing back toward much more direct federal involvement in housing,” said Joshua McCabe, a historian of U.S. welfare policy at Endicott College. “Democrats have for the last several decades focused on having money follow people, so this is a big shift back to the supply side — giving federal money to repair existing housing that’s crumbled over the years.
Other housing policy experts say that public housing conditions deteriorated because of the massive declines in public investment.
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