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Title:
From despair to hope : HOPE VI and the new promise of public housing in America's cities / Henry G. Cisneros, Lora Engdahl, editors.
Publisher:
Brookings Institution Press,
Copyright Date:
c2009
Description:
x, 334 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Public housing--United States--Finance.
Housing policy--United States.
Housing rehabilitation--United States.
Urban renewal--United States.
Other Authors:
Cisneros, Henry.
Engdahl, Lora.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 / ReneĢe 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.
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.
ISBN:
0815714254 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780815714255 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2009000779
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

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