Don't Abandon HOPE

"The roughly $4.5 billion allocated to HOPE VI over the past decade has ushered in the planning or construction of dozens of mixed-income housing developments that rely — to varying degrees — on new urban principles. The federal funds spigot may go dry, however, on October 1. The Bush Administration wants to terminate the program that has been the most far-reaching tool for applying new urban planning and design ideas to distressed city neighborhoods."