There were two sets of books. One showed the modest subsidies provided by the government. The other showed a "maintenance tax" that had been bled from the residents for a decade—money that was supposed to fix the crumbling stairwells and the erratic plumbing but had instead vanished into the pockets of the local housing board. The Unravelling
Decades after construction, many residents of legacy BLISS projects face complicated legal battles over land titles and occupancy rights between homeowners and government housing agencies.
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