public housing

Those were the last words Mr Chung said to his wife after a huge fire broke out in their high rise public housing complex in Hong Kong's Tai Po district.

Murphy’s extravagant abode is a far cry from his very humble upbringing in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he was raised in public housing by his telephone operator mother, Lillian Laney, and police officer dad, Charles Murphy.

She’s got plenty of ideas about how to spend the tax revenue, from free day care to more public housing.

Raymond Turner, a 29-year-old who grew up in public housing, aims to build a vertically integrated cannabis company and a real-estate empire that will repair run-down houses for rent or sale.

The company has occasionally put workers up in hotels while connecting them with public housing.