What ever happened to the “Choice Neighborhoods” Program Announced by the HUD Secretary?
It’s been a number of month’s since the public announcement by HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros on July 14, 2009 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
You remember, when HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and Henry Cisneros held a joint address at the National Press Club in order to announce the availability of $113 million in funding for HUD’s new competitive grant program called “Choice Neighborhoods”, which is intended as a replacement for HUD’s HOPE VI program.
The event also marked the release of Mr. Cisneros’ new book “From Despair to Hope” which chronicles the history of the HOPE VI program and seeks to evaluate its overall success. Over the course of its existence from 1992 to 2008, HOPE VI invested $6 billion in 240 public housing projects across the country, directly leveraging $11 billion of additional public and private urban investment totaling $17 billion. The book includes essays from ULI Nichols Prize Winners Peter Calthorpe and Richard D. Baron, whose work has repeatedly been acknowledged as being instrumental to the creation and development of the HOPE VI program.
Sec. Donovan started his address relaying that President Obama has ordered a full review and assessment of all federal programs across all federal agencies with respect to their impact on urban and metropolitan areas. No small undertaking! This review is to be conducted by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Domestic Policy Council, the National Economic Council, and the White House Office of Urban Affairs, and is expected to lay the groundwork for revamped urban policy agenda. Read more HERE
Housing Research.org is still wondering, What ever happened to the “Choice Neighborhoods” Program Announced by the HUD Secretary? When will the program begin?
HUD’s “Choice Neighborhoods” press release:
http://www.hud.gov/news/release.cfm?content=pr09-119.cfm&CFID=15174762&CFTOKEN=47616137
Sec. Donovan’s “Choice Neighborhoods” remarks:
http://www.hud.gov/news/speeches/2009-07-14.cfm
President Obama’s announcement of the federal policy review: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/A-New-Vision-for-Urban-and-Metropolitan-Policy/
HUD’s “Livability Principles” press release: http://www.hud.gov/news/release.cfm?content=pr2009-06-16.cfm
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