From despair to hope [[electronic resource] ] : HOPE VI and the new promise of public housing in America's cities / / Henry G. Cisneros, Lora Engdahl, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (348 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.5/850973
• Soggetto topico: Public housing - United States - Finance; Housing policy - United States; Housing rehabilitation - United States; Urban renewal - United States
• Altri autori: CisnerosHenry EngdahlLora
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword / Kurt L. Schmoke -- Acknowledgements -- Program origins and defining principles -- A new moment for people and cities / Henry Cisneros -- The origins of HOPE VI / Bruce Katz -- The evolution of HOPE VI as a development program / Richard D. Baron -- HOPE VI and the new urbanism / Peter Calthorpe -- HOPE VI and the deconcentration of poverty / Alexander Polikoff -- Setting the stage : early HOPE VI redevelopments -- An overview of HOPE VI revitalization grant projects / Lora Engdahl -- New Holly, Seattle / Lora Engdahl -- The villages of Park DuValle, Louisville / Lora Engdahl -- Broader impacts of the model -- The Atlanta blueprint : transforming public housing citywide / Renée Lewis Glover -- HOPE VI, neighborhood recovery, and the health of cities / Margery Austin Turner -- Has HOPE VI transformed residents' lives? / Susan J. Popkin and Mary K. Cunningham -- How HOPE VI has helped reshape public housing / Richard C. Gentry -- Learning from critiques and planning for the future -- HOPE VI : what went wrong / Sheila Crowley -- The conservative critique of HOPE VI / Ronald D. Utt -- Taking advantage of what we have learned / G. Thomas Kingsley -- Appendix A. Scope and status of the HOPE VI program / G. Thomas Kingsley -- Appendix B. HOPE VI revitalization program grants 1993-2008 -- Contributors.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Documents the evolution of HOPE VI, exploring what it accomplished replacing severely distressed public housing with mixed-income communities and where it fell short. Reveals how a program conceived to address a specific problem triggered a revolution in public housing and solidified principles that still guide urban policy today"--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: From despair to hope
• ISBN: 1-282-13162-1; 9786612131622; 0-8157-0190-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824175303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II