Where do the two presidential candidates stand on public housing?  It's always an important question to housing executives across the country, especially in a time of COVID and unemployment spikes.  Digging through the media detritus to find the answer is not easy since the media have lost much credibility of late.  The following is a factual account of the two candidates and their housing record. No administration has been successful in fixing housing problems.  HUD's checkered past has been a mixture of good and disastrous housing policies.  Mismanaged public properties like the NYC Housing Authority leads one to ask whether tons more money alone will fix the bad polices and mismanagement. This also raises the question of how much money would be saved for needed housing if the bad policies were eliminated and the poorly managed properties shaped up.  Unfortunately, this is impossible to quantify, which is...(Read Full Post)