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The
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles is the
public housingPublic housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. Social housing is an umbrella term referring to rental housing which may be owned and managed by the state, by non-profit organizations, or by a combination of the...
agency for
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. It was founded in 1938. There are more than 60 public housing locations in Los Angeles.
History
In July 1983, Mayor
Tom BradleyThomas J. "Tom" Bradley was the 38th Mayor of Los Angeles, California, serving in that office from 1973 to 1993. He was the first and to date only African American mayor of Los Angeles...
disbanded the housing authority commission following allegations of mismanagement both internally and by the
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. The
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took control. After months of dispute, including former commissioners rallying housing project residents to support them, the new commission took control the following January with reduced powers.
Housing locations
The larger sites are:
- Aliso Extension
- Avalon Gardens
- Dana Strand Village
- Estrada Courts
- Gonzaque Village
Gonzaque Village , a public housing project located in Watts, Los Angeles, California, it's operated by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. It was built in 1942 in 17.6 acres of flat land...
- Imperial Courts
- Jordan Downs
- Las Casitas
- Mar Vista Gardens
- Nickerson Gardens
- Pico Rebuilt
- Pueblo Del Rio
Pueblo Del Rio is a public housing project located in south-central Los Angeles, California. The address of Pueblo Del Rio is 1801 East 53rd Street, which is near the intersection of 55th and Alameda streets....
- Pueblo del Sol
Pueblo del Sol is a housing project in the Boyle Heights district of Los Angeles, California. It is operated by the McCormack Baron Ragan Corporation....
- Ramona Gardens
Ramona Gardens is a public housing development the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is operated by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles...
- Rancho San Pedro
- Rose Hill Courts
- San Fernando Gardens
- William Mead Homes
William Mead Homes, nicknamed Dogtown, is a public housing development in the industrial neighborhood of Mission Junction, Los Angeles, California, USA, near Twin Towers Correctional Facility and Union Station. It is operated by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles.-History:The site was...
- Center Courts
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