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Degree

Master of Arts, University of Toledo, Geography, 2010.

Abstract

The most important issue for urban low income families is securing decent housing in a stable community. Public housing could be one of the most fundamental solutions to this enduring problem, although the method used to provide the housing could be quite diverse. In the past, most of the problems of public housing were approached with simple structural solutions, but there was some consensus that a more comprehensive approach was needed. The HOPE VI program represents an attempt at this type of approach; it aims to address not only physical redevelopment of public housing, but also the social issues in public housing communities. HOPE VI has been the subject of self analysis and starting in the late 1990s of academic investigation, but a comprehensive analysis of the changes that the program created in urban neighborhoods is still lacking. This thesis poses two major questions. How has the HOPE VI program been evaluated? What changes has it created in urban neighborhoods? I analyzed this program with basic quantitative techniques and mapping technology. The findings suggest that HOPE VI has made public housing neighborhoods less populated, less poor and somewhat more racially and ethnically diverse. Other research is reviewed that suggests these changes were the result of significant displacement of the poorest public housing residents. This study also suggests what the HOPE VI program could do to avoid the failure of former public housing policies.

Subject Headings

Geography

Committee / Advisors

Daniel Hammel, Ph.D (Advisor)
Mary Beth Schlemper, Ph.D (Committee Member)
Sujata Shetty, Ph.D (Committee Member)

Pages

100p.

Document number: toledo1279149068
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