Falling Apart: How NYC Public Housing Failed its Tenants |

'The New York City Housing Authority is huge. It was the childhood home of Jay Z, Mos Def, Nas, Fat Joe, Dave East and countless other rappers. There are 334 developments holding 178,895 apartments in 2,602 buildings situated on an area three times the size of Central Park. One in 15, or over half a million, New Yorkers are served by public housing and Section 8 programs. If NYCHA were a city, it would be larger than Sacramento, Atlanta and Miami. The nation's largest residential landlord has steadily declined. Tenants often go without heat, and have been plagued by rampant and recurring mold, caused by unchecked leaks and moisture that has caused asthma and other respiratory illnesses. In this episode of Complex World, we profile rising singer and Queensbridge alumni ilham, and investigate why NYCHA has continued to falter amid constant budget cuts, leaving its tenants to subsist in inhumane living conditions.' -- Complex News