Milwaukee Housing Authority Adopts New Urbanism

"...In the summer of 2000, the housing authority, building on its impressive makeovers of the Hillside Terrace and Parklawn projects, began demolishing all of the old red-brick bunkers and replacing them with street-hugging townhomes. Residents were temporarily relocated during construction, which was underwritten with federal grants, tax credits and conventional financing.The two- to five-bedroom homes, most of them wheelchair-accessible, include 102 targeted at lower-income families and 20 rented at market rate. It all looks like any other pleasant, middle-class neighborhood. No wonder there are 600 families on the waiting list."