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From the point of view
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of managing cities and communities,
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it was catastrophic because what it did was to
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accelerate the creation of slums
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in areas where mortgage money was
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unavailable for the sale or purchase of housing,
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or, for that matter,
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for the large-scale repair of housing.
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They did it to two hundred--
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they did the process to two hundred American cities
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in a single year, including New Haven.
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Across Chapel Street is class D.