Urban infrastructure such as reliable high speed mass transit system, motorways/interstates, and public housing projects have been cited[REF][REF] as responsible for the disappearance of major slums in the United States and Europe from the 1960s through 1970s.
The US and European governments additionally created a procedure by which the poor could directly apply to the government for housing assistance, thus becoming a partner to identifying and meeting the housing needs of its citizens [REF].