When it comes to the liberal ideas of government involved housing in America they should tread lightly. There are several of the most spectacular failures in history attributed to their strategies of social engineering and entitlements as it relates to housing.
Cabrini Greens a Chicago Housing Authority project started in the 40's with the final buildings demolished in 2011. They actually tore down a vibrant neighborhood to build the project which housed as many as 15000 living in high rise apartment buildings.
Pruitt Igoe a St Louis urban housing project from the 50's to it's demolition in 1976 became an icon of public -policy planning and urban renewal failure.
A previous example which was slightly more sustaining project came from the National Recovery Act passed by congress in 1934 creating the Homestead Corporations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsis...teads_Division. This program was intended to give safe residence to urban poor and small plots of land to sustain themselves on, it was based on family members having a part time job and industry was created in conjunction. Politically it ran into opposition from agriculture, unions for undercutting prices and labor. The Roosevelt's championed the program in particular Eleanor became involved with setting up the first community, Aurthurdale ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthurdale,_West_Virginia West Virginia sustaining it into the 60's.
Roosevelt herself was "deeply disillusioned" by a visit to the community in 1940, in which she observed that the community had become increasingly dependent on government and lacking in independent initiative.
I find the last part very telling in many ways and have seen that as a part of human nature.
At least with the homestead project families were integrated into communities and in many cases an enduring record of American work is left on the landscape.
Last 3 images are from the Cumberland Homestead and the state park some of it has become.