Is There Some Program to Resettle Housing Project Residents Into Smaller Towns in the Midwest?

Question by Gavin Cato: Is there some program to resettle housing project residents into smaller towns in the Midwest?
I’ve heard this to be the case. Apparently residents from the major public housing projects in cities like Chicago are being resettled into smaller towns in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. Residents of these towns report that poor newcomers have arrived from the big cities and have brought much criminal behavior with them. Does anyone have any documentation on this?

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Answer by wishnuwelltoo
I have not heard of this program, but when I lived in a small town, that town had a drug and alcohol rehab program and sometimes the residents of that program came from big cities. When the residents left the program, many could not afford to return where they came from and thus remained in the small town. Crime did increase because of this, but I don’t know how to prove it. I wonder if you could contact local police departments, they keep crime reports, and they might be able to link you to statistics. It is also likely that towns with prisons have a higher crime rate, and with the failing economy, towns that are loosing jobs to overseas markets probably have a higher crime rate now. Anyone can move, so if a person is living in the city, they can move to a smaller town and get on the welfare system in that state. The smaller towns do not have the job market that bigger cities do, and they might not have the tax dollars to support some programs like bigger cities do. Smaller towns don’t often have bus systems or even taxi service, so if residents don’t have a car, they are less likely to be able to get to and from work.

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