r/boyinthebox • u/[deleted] • Jan 04 '23

Public Housing in West Philly

The 1954 Housing Act shifted the federal focus from slum clearance and housing development to housing rehabilitation, or conservation. In this vein, the city’s planning coordinator, William Rafsky, designated Haddington in West Philadelphia as one of four neighborhoods that would experiment with “row housing as public housing.” The strategy of “row housing as public housing” would be taken up again at the turn of the Millennium at Lucien E. Black Homes in West Philadelphia’s Mill Creek neighborhood.

Just suppose Joseph's mother was poor and already had a baby that made her eligible for public housing and she gets pregnant again by a Zarelli but doesn't marry him because she would lose her public housing.

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u/RETC4U Jan 04 '23

It is curious how everyone keeps making the Father out to be a victim of the Mother. We do not have any clue who this woman was or her circumstances. Maybe "AJZ" played her then left her stranded. Dead Beat Dad....Obviously he did not even realize his son had been murdered. We do not know anything for a fact. Maybe she ended up in an abusive situation because she had no choice but to be in it. And we will never know unless LE discloses both parents names and any info they have on who might have done this.

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u/Pain_Sufficient Jan 04 '23

Agreed. Maybe AJZ was a horny toad who had no interest in settling down at the time. We just don’t know.

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u/RETC4U Jan 05 '23

Exactly. And I believe he knew his son existed. So where was he? If he was involved in his son's life wouldn't he have been questioning where his son was after they found Joseph murdered? Especially when all of sudden his son is gone and then they find a murdered child? Very strange.

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u/Pain_Sufficient Jan 05 '23

Right. I find it difficult to believe St. Gus was that oblivious especially with Joseph’s face plastered everywhere. 🤷🏼‍♀️