re: Illegal aliens housing

From article I initially attached “WW2”

Housing Projects Spring Up
During the war the federal government produced about two million dwelling units as homes for more than five million people. Many units were converted into apartments from existing buildings, but a sizeable amount resulted from new low-cost housing projects such as those constructed at Vanport. This sprawling community sprang up quickly on Portland's northern outskirts to provide housing for workers at the massive Kaiser Shipyards. With street after street of rental apartment houses, almost overnight the community became Oregon's second largest city


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