> but it probably depends on your definition of 'success'

Fair enough. I haven't researched deeply, but it seems that outside of old seasons of "The Wire" one doesn't hear about or run into massive housing projects.

States (red, blue or purple) have gone the section 8 route, perhaps due to federal money being an attractive force. You also don't hear about cities (whether run by Republicans, Democrats or Independent mayors) constructing large-scale public housing, it's mainly requirements to real estate developers to incorporate "low-income" housing into their high-rise projects.