HUD Releases Housing Transformation Reports

15 August 2000 - 7:00am

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo announced the 100 community housing programs selected by HUD for the most innovative use of HUD assistance inimproving residents' lives.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo announced the 100community housing programs selected by HUD for the most innovative use of HUD assistance inimproving residents' lives. Cuomo also released the report, A Promise Being Fulfilled: The Transformation of America's Public Housing, that says HUD has transformed the public housing stock by providing large-scale fundingfor demolishing and replacing deteriorating housing and creating more communities through HOPE VI,which through 1999 has delivered $3.7 billion in grants to revitalize more than 120 neighborhoodsnationwide.

Full Story: HUD No. 00-215
Source: HUD News, August 13, 2000
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So, what can planners do to make best use of the ACS without succumbing to its pitfalls? We need to become more sophisticated communicators of the quality of the data we present, not just its apparent meaning.