All over America, the old government vision of public housing is coming down. The enormous, high density post-war federal projects are being demolished. The new vision is one of dispersal.
Many suburbanites object to that policy.
One of them is North Dallas resident Rod Dixon. Every night on the evening news you see shots of, you know, drug busts and drive-by shootings and things like that, that have taken place in public housing areas in the poorer regions of Dallas, and we just don't want that coming to our neighborhoods. But regardless of homeowner objections, the mostly white affluent suburb where Dixon lives may eventually be forced to accept public housing. That's because in Dallas it goes even further than a new policy. It's a court order.