Oh, absolutely; housing people in gubmint housing where they have no stake (never mind ownership; they don’t even pay rent) doesn’t exactly motivate them to maintian or even clean anything. I’ve known teachers in urban districts here in NJ, and the conditions the children live in would never be tolerated for whites or by whites.
According to the article the maintenance was supposed to be provided by the property owner so it doesn’t really fall to the residents to pick up the slack they already contractually paid for regardless of included subsidies.
But that wouldn’t really absolve them from raising children in an unhealthy environment which is the point I was trying to make. To support your point.