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The Other Side Of HOPE VI

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
14 June 2003 - 7:00pm

A look at the impacts of the federal program to revitalize public housing.

"The intention: create a federal program to revitalize public housing and its residents. The result: more costly homes, tighter admission standards, a new class of residents and questions about what became of the former ones...Critics of HOPE VI have long complained that the program is contributing to a shortage of affordable housing by tearing down more units than it rebuilds. Tougher readmission standards make it harder for former residents to get back in."

Full Story: he other side of paradise
Source: The St. Petersburg Times, June 8, 2003
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