Abstract
This chapter concerns two sets of Latina/o residents in public housing in Boston in 2000: residents of Maverick Gardens in East Boston, near a busy Latina/o enclave, and residents of Mary Ellen McCormack in South Boston, in an Irish American neighborhood. These public housing developments, like others in Boston, had been court-ordered to integrate in 1988. The economic fortunes of residents in the two projects depend primarily on the professionalism of the two tenant task forces: Maverick's did not show leadership in disseminating information, democratizing the board of directors, or forging ties with local service organizations, whereas McCormack's task force provided culturally responsive services that enabled many project residents to achieve economic and residential mobility.
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