From despair to hope
Subtitle: Hope VI and the new promise of public housing in America's cities
By: Henry G. Cisneros and Lora Engdahl, editors.
Contributors: Cisneros, Henry.; Engdahl, Lora.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780815714255
Subjects: Public housing -- United States -- Finance; Housing policy -- United States; Housing rehabilitation -- United States; Urban renewal -- United States
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.