From despair to hope HOPE VI and the new promise of public housing in America's cities /

"Documents the evolution of HOPE VI, exploring what it accomplished replacing severely distressed public housing with mixed-income communities and where it fell short. Reveals how a program conceived to address a specific problem triggered a revolution in public housing and solidified principle...

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Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Cisneros, Henry., Engdahl, Lora.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Kurt L. Schmoke
  • Acknowledgements
  • Program origins and defining principles
  • A new moment for people and cities / Henry Cisneros
  • The origins of HOPE VI / Bruce Katz
  • The evolution of HOPE VI as a development program / Richard D. Baron
  • HOPE VI and the new urbanism / Peter Calthorpe
  • HOPE VI and the deconcentration of poverty / Alexander Polikoff
  • Setting the stage : early HOPE VI redevelopments
  • An overview of HOPE VI revitalization grant projects / Lora Engdahl
  • New Holly, Seattle / Lora Engdahl
  • The villages of Park DuValle, Louisville / Lora Engdahl
  • Broader impacts of the model
  • The Atlanta blueprint : transforming public housing citywide / Renee Lewis Glover
  • HOPE VI, neighborhood recovery, and the health of cities / Margery Austin Turner
  • Has HOPE VI transformed residents' lives? / Susan J. Popkin and Mary K. Cunningham
  • How HOPE VI has helped reshape public housing / Richard C. Gentry
  • Learning from critiques and planning for the future
  • HOPE VI : what went wrong / Sheila Crowley
  • The conservative critique of HOPE VI / Ronald D. Utt
  • Taking advantage of what we have learned / G. Thomas Kingsley
  • Appendix A. Scope and status of the HOPE VI program / G. Thomas Kingsley
  • Appendix B. HOPE VI revitalization program grants 1993-2008
  • Contributors.