Hope VI Data Compilation and Analysis

Gress, Taryn H; Cho, Seungjong; Joseph, Mark L.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3055254

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“…We use difference-in-differences regression in our analyses because we are interested in the average impact of a policy that occurs over a particular time for one group (“treatment”) but not for another (“control”) (Imbens and Wooldridge 2009; Lechner 2011). We use the difference-in-differences framework to account for time trends among treatment and control observations with the inclusion of fixed effects (Angrist and Pischke 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A key shift in the policy came when a mandate requiring the one-to-one replacement of all demolished public housing units was suspended by congress in 1995 and repealed in 1998, making demolition a "centerpiece" of the HOPE VI program (Goetz 2013a, p. 66). In total, only 56 percent of the 98,592 public housing units demolished through HOPE VI funding were ever replaced, ultimately resulting in a 43,000 unit reduction in the national stock of public housing (Gress, Cho and Joseph 2016).…”

Section: Gentrification and Displacement Under Hope VImentioning

confidence: 99%

“…More than 150,000 units of public housing have been converted through RAD, with housing authorities leveraging more than $13 billion in construction investments (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 2022). In comparison, HOPE VI grants funded the demolition and redevelopment of just under 100,000 housing units each, costing about $6.5 billion in total (Gress, Cho and Joseph 2016;Tach and Emory 2017). On their website, HUD showcases a handful of public housing developments that have been "transformed" through RAD.…”

Section: Rad's Impact On Developments and Tenantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While benefits for tenants that remain in RAD developments appear to be abundant, RAD may also pose a threat to the housing stability of public housing tenants and their neighbors. Previous evidence suggests that public housing tenants did not return to developments even in the case in which authorities replaced units after redevelopment through HOPE VI (Gress, Cho and Joseph 2016). Because of the displacement caused by HOPE VI, housing advocates worry about the degree to which HUD will uphold the tenant rights outlined in RAD (National Housing Law Project 2017;Roller and Cassella 2018).…”

Section: Rad's Potential Impact On Neighborhood Changementioning

confidence: 99%

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Wealthier Neighbors and Higher Rents: The Rental Assistance Demonstration and Gentrification

Lowell

Smith

2022

Urban Affairs Review

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Public housing redevelopment is associated with the gentrification of neighborhoods. However, the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), the largest redevelopment program in the U.S. to date, encourages preservation and introduces tenant protections that potentially limit gentrification-related displacement. In the first nationwide study of RAD's impact on neighborhoods, we linked administrative housing data with the American Community Survey and conducted difference-in-differences analyses of 1,141 neighborhoods across the U.S. to ask if RAD has induced changes associated with gentrification. We find that neighborhoods with redevelopment experienced larger gains in middle-class residents and larger losses in very low-income residents compared to similar, untreated neighborhoods. Neighborhoods with RAD also saw larger increases in rental housing costs, and these increases were largest in neighborhoods where redevelopment was extensive. These findings suggest that RAD contributes to gentrification. We use these findings to argue that policymakers must consider the housing stability of public housing's neighbors when planning redevelopment.

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Section: Gentrification and Displacement Under Hope VImentioning

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Section: Rad's Potential Impact On Neighborhood Changementioning

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Wealthier Neighbors and Higher Rents: The Rental Assistance Demonstration and Gentrification

Lowell

Smith

2022

Urban Affairs Review

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“…HOPE VI provided funds to municipal housing authorities for razing public housing that showed visible signs of deterioration. Between 1993 and 2010, HOPE VI funded the demolition of 98,592 units of public housing of which only 57 percent were replaced with units receiving equivalent subsidies (Gress, Cho, and Joseph 2016). These demolitions significantly reduced the country's stock of public housing and transformed entire communities.…”

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confidence: 99%

Trust and the Built Environment in New York City’s Public Housing

Beck

2018

Sociological Perspectives

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Public housing has been an important site for empirical research on concentrated poverty, social isolation, and social organization. Scholars have demonstrated that public housing was disproportionately built in high poverty neighborhoods, thereby exacerbating the physical and social isolation of residents. They have also hypothesized that physical features of public housing may contribute to a breakdown of social organization. These hypotheses motivated the demolition of large and physically deteriorated public housing structures throughout the United States. I use the New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey to test the hypotheses that large building size and visible building disorder are associated with mistrust among neighbors, as would be expected by theories linking the built environment to social organization. Although I find some evidence that trust is less common in large buildings with higher levels of disorder, I argue that critics of public housing overstate the social effects of the built environment.

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Does pre-purchase counseling help low-income buyers choose and sustain homeownership in socially mixed destination neighborhoods?

Santiago

Leroux

2021

Journal of Urban Affairs

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Hope VI Data Compilation and Analysis

Cited by 10 publications

References 8 publications

Wealthier Neighbors and Higher Rents: The Rental Assistance Demonstration and Gentrification

Wealthier Neighbors and Higher Rents: The Rental Assistance Demonstration and Gentrification

Trust and the Built Environment in New York City’s Public Housing

Does pre-purchase counseling help low-income buyers choose and sustain homeownership in socially mixed destination neighborhoods?

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