Introduction: Chicago city, where the Chicago Public Housing projects are concentrated, has much higher crime rate than other cities do.
Chicago has a crime rate of 562.0, while Los Angeles has 274.6 and NYC has 256.1.
But in LA, Vernon, where the public housing project Pueblo Del Rio located, has much higher crime rate than the other cities in Los Angeles area.
New York City, with public housing projects scattered, not concentrated or isolated by themselves, has far less crime rate than Chicago.
History of the Public housing
The purpose of the public housing project in the beginning was to help the working class who were suffering from Depression.
After the WWII, those working class moved out of the project and those who could not find the
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The population of middle class decreased which means those middle class has "trickled down" to the poor. This trend of decreasing in middle class has continued in America as whole including Chicago.
Then by 1950s, the projects are for the poor suffering from deprivation and discrimination, along with the purpose of clearing the slum.
The condition at the public housing projects
The larger the family is, the more problems it has
Number of children and socioeconomical status associate inversely; the more children they have, the more frustrated housing investment they have, and the larger families they are and the larger mortgages they take out, the less saved to housing finance.
The bad condition in the housing (slum areas) leads the higher death rates, sickness rates, and infant mortality rates. However, the studies show that those high rates and high rates of delinquency and crime are constant despite the racial makeup.
The more crowded the housing is, the more juveniles are likely to be delinquent. Because overcrowded homes have exaggerated tension but hardly have privacy, the juveniles, who need space and freedom, are likely to become delinquent.
. Taller building has more crime rate than lower