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Curries Woods, Jersey
City
(before HOPE VI)
Below: Curries Woods
After HOPE VI
Revitalization
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The HOPE VI
Program, originally known
as the Urban Revitalization Demonstration (URD), was developed
as a result of recommendations by the National Commission
on Severely Distressed Public Housing, which was charged with
proposing a National Action Plan to eradicate severely distressed public
housing in the US and Puerto Rico. The Commission
recommended revitalization in three general areas:
- physical
improvements,
-
management improvements,
- social and
community services to address resident needs.
As a result, HOPE VI was created by the Departments
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development (HUD),
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Pub.L. 102-389),
approved on October 6, 1992.
By 2000, HOPE VI had been honored by the Innovations in American Government Program, one of the nation's most prestigious public service awards programs. HOPE VI was recognized for its Mixed-Finance Public Housing program, "an innovative approach that is transforming some of the nation's most severely distressed public housing from sources of urban blight to engines of neighborhood renewal."
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Lafayette Gardens,
Jersey City
(before HOPE
VI)
Below: Lafayette Village
After HOPE VI
Revitalization
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