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HOPE VI is a program of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. It is intended to revitalize the most distressed public housing projects in the United States into mixed-income developments . [ 1 ]
The Hope VI program, created in 1992, was initiated in response to the physical deterioration of public housing units. The program rebuilds housing projects with an emphasis on mixed-income developments rather than projects which concentrate poorer households in one area. [68]
City West, a $200 million mega-project born from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Hope VI program, was always meant to offer an array of housing options at all price points.
In 1994 the Atlanta Housing Authority, encouraged by the federal HOPE VI program, embarked on a policy created for the purpose of comprehensive revitalization of severely distressed public housing developments. These distressed public housing properties were replaced by mixed-income communities.
Despite this mixed record, in the early 21st century, public-private projects like HOPE VI remained virtually the only housing initiatives that seemed viable. That’s changed in recent years.
The HOPE VI program is directly referenced in the album's opening track and second single, "The Community of Hope". The title is inspired by Harvey's trip to Washington D.C. with photographer/filmmaker Seamus Murphy where she was given a tour by Paul Schwartzman of The Washington Post, [7] who directly influenced some of the lyrics on the song. [8]
Public and Indian Housing: This office administers the public housing program HOPE VI, the Housing Choice Voucher Program (formerly – yet more popularly – known as Section 8), Project-Based Vouchers, [24] and individual loan programs housing block grants [25] for Native American tribes, Native Hawaiians and Alaskans.
In 1992, following a multi-year federal study of dilapidated public housing, Congress established the HOPE VI program to ease demolition and disposal of severely distressed public housing. As of March 2020, the THA had received HOPE VI funding to demolish and dispose of a single public housing project. [1]