The Redevelopment of Distressed Public Housing: Early Results from HOPE VI Projects


 

Publication Date: December 1998

Publisher: Furman Center for Real Estate

Author(s): Jerry J Salama

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: affordable housing; neighborhoods; public housing; subsidized housing

Type: Article

Abstract:

The redevelopment of distressed public housing under the Urban Revitalization Demonstration Program, or HOPE VI, has laudable social, physical, community, and economic goals. Three public housing projects in Atlanta, Chicago, and San Antonio demonstrate the complexity and trade-offs of trying to lessen the concentration of low-income households, leverage private resources, limit project costs, help residents achieve economic self-sufficiency, design projects that blend into the community, and ensure meaningful resident participation in project planning.