I said so upthread, Harlem River House is the model. Government building out large and livable housing.
A little research shows this to be a New Deal project that doesn't seem particularly replicable or sustainable:
https://www.courthousenews.com/harlem-public-housing-tenants...
https://pix11.com/news/3-big-problems-plague-harlem-river-ho...
there's that juvenile sentiment again. And there "shouldn't" be any burglaries, car thefts, armed robbery, or murder, either. Nevertheless, they've always existed and always will. And compulsion will always be a part of the civilized state.