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From despair to hope : HOPE VI and the new promise of public housing in America's cities / Henry G. Cisneros, Lora Engdahl, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public housing--United States--Finance.
- Public housing.
- Housing policy--United States.
- Housing policy.
- Housing rehabilitation--United States.
- Housing rehabilitation.
- Urban renewal--United States.
- Urban renewal.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (348 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "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 principles that still guide urban policy today"--Provided by publisher.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612131622
- 9781282131620
- 1282131621
- 9780815701903
- 081570190X
- OCLC:
- 506069225
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