Neighborhood Revitalization Stabilization

By any measure, the HUD that is now emerging from the shadows of eight years of amateur hour, is focused on the right things:  markets, coherent roles for public and private sector alike, and energy efficiency.  Indeed the emphasis on "urbanism" and "regionalism" illustrates that this administration "gets it".  

Locality: "We have distressed neighborhoods"

Conventional Thinking: "We have housing dollars"

Locality: "But we have distressed neighborhoods"

Conventional Thinking: "But we have housing dollars"

Locality: "So?"

Conventional Thinking: "You can run organizations with these dollars and keep at it forever"

Locality: "So problems don't actually have to be solved?"

Conventional Thinking: "Correct"