The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced funding for the HOPE VI Main Street Program. The goal of the Main Street Program is to provide grants to small communities to help renovate their historic or central business districts (“Main Streets”) by replacing unused commercial space with affordable housing. Grant funds can be used to remake obsolete commercial space into, or build new, Main Street affordable housing units. The Main Streets Program aims to preserve historical business districts while creating affordable housing and improving economic development. There is a strong connection between affordable housing and the well-being of families and communities.
HUD plans on awarding one FY 2013 grant of up to $500,000, and intends to award one FY 2014 grant to applicants from this FY 2013 NOFA Please note that FY 2014 awards are contingent on Congressional appropriations. The deadline for applications is July 22, 2013. Eligible applicants are limited to local governments with a population of 50,000 or less that are not being served by a Public Housing Agency that administers more than 100 public housing units within the local government’s jurisdiction, excluding Section 8 Housing Voucher units.
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Monday, June 3, 2013
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
HOPE VI Awards Announced
HUD announced the awarding of $152.7 million in HOPE VI Revitalization grants to eight cities. In light of the Obama Administration's focus on more comprehensive neighborhood transformation, high-scoring grantees were those whose plans extended beyond public housing and rather linked housing interventions with early childhood education programs.
The following housing authorities are being awarded grants through HUD's HOPE VI Revitalization Program:
The following housing authorities are being awarded grants through HUD's HOPE VI Revitalization Program:
- Boston Housing Authority will receive $22 million to revitalize the Old Colony public housing development;
- Housing Authority of the City and County of Denver will receive $22 million to revitalize the South Lincoln public housing development;
- Louisville Metropolitan Housing Authority will receive $22 million to revitalize the Sheppard Square public housing development;
- Housing Authority of the City of Paterson (NJ) will receive $18.4 million to revitalize the Alexander Hamilton public housing development;
- St. Louis Housing Authority will receive $7,829,750 to revitalize the Arthur Blumeyer public housing development;
- Taunton Housing Authority will receive $22 million to revitalize the Fairfax Gardens public housing development;
- City of Phoenix Housing Authority will receive $20 million to revitalize the Frank Luke Addition public housing development; and
- Home Forward (Portland Housing Authority) will receive $18.5 million to revitalize the Hillsdale Terrace public housing development.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
FY 2010 HOPE VI Awards Emphasize Early Childhood Education and Community Services
On August 25th, HUD announced that it was making $1.24 million available in up to 4 HOPE VI awards. The award announcement was released in tandem with the announcement of $65 million in Choice Neighborhoods pilot program awards for FY 2010. Four to Six Public Housing Authorities will be awarded roughly $22 million each.
The HOPE VI program was initiated in 1993 to transform severely distressed public housing developments to mixed-income communities. For nearly 17 years HOPE VI funds have been used for demolition of severely distressed public housing, acquisition of sites for off-site construction, capital costs of major rehabilitation, new construction and other physical improvements and community and supportive service programs for residents. While HOPE VI has successfully funded the removal of many large public housing complexes in the United States, there has been widespread concern about displacement of residents.
The 2010 NOFA seeks to address some of this critique, maintaining a unit replacement requirement. Is also prioritizes early childhood education and community supports, and includes a requirement that all grantees provide Neighborhood Network Centers that provide “residents with on-site access to computer and training resources that create knowledge and experience with computers and the Internet as tools to increase access to Community Supportive Services, job training, and the job market.” Applicants who received HOPE VI FY 2009 awards all had strong early childhood education components to their plans.
HOPE VI Revitalization grant applicants will have until November 22, 2010 to submit applications. The full NOFA can be found here.
The HOPE VI program was initiated in 1993 to transform severely distressed public housing developments to mixed-income communities. For nearly 17 years HOPE VI funds have been used for demolition of severely distressed public housing, acquisition of sites for off-site construction, capital costs of major rehabilitation, new construction and other physical improvements and community and supportive service programs for residents. While HOPE VI has successfully funded the removal of many large public housing complexes in the United States, there has been widespread concern about displacement of residents.
The 2010 NOFA seeks to address some of this critique, maintaining a unit replacement requirement. Is also prioritizes early childhood education and community supports, and includes a requirement that all grantees provide Neighborhood Network Centers that provide “residents with on-site access to computer and training resources that create knowledge and experience with computers and the Internet as tools to increase access to Community Supportive Services, job training, and the job market.” Applicants who received HOPE VI FY 2009 awards all had strong early childhood education components to their plans.
HOPE VI Revitalization grant applicants will have until November 22, 2010 to submit applications. The full NOFA can be found here.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
FY 2009 HOPE VI Awards Announced
Last week, six public housing authorities were awarded FY 2009 HOPE VI awards totaling $113.6 million. HOPE VI is a 17 year old HUD program designed “to transform distressed public housing developments into mixed-income communities” by funding the demolition of public housing projects and leveraging additional funding for the redevelopment of those sites into mixed income communities. As HUD introduces the Choice Neighborhoods Program, the HOPE VI Program is shifting scope slightly and may be phased out after the FY 2010 funding round.
Over the last 17 years, HOPE VI Revitalization grant funds have been used for an array of activities, including: demolition of severely distressed public housing; acquisition of sites for off-site construction; capital costs of major rehabilitation; new construction and other physical improvements; costs for mobility counseling and relocation; and community and supportive service programs for residents, including those relocated as a result of revitalization efforts.
Choice Neighborhoods is also part of the FY 2010 HUD budget. You can see our overview of this program this blog by clicking here.
Whereas the focus of HOPE VI has traditionally been addressing the physical deterioration of outdated public housing complexes, Choice Neighborhoods employs a comprehensive community revitalization approach. There are key differences between HOPE VI and Choice that both public housing authorities and others in the housing and community development fields are watching closely. The most significant is that, unlike HOPE VI, public housing authorities are not the only eligible applicant for the Choice Neighborhood Program. HOPE VI has been widely criticized for removing badly needed subsidized housing stock from cities across America. The Choice Neighborhood Program addresses this criticism by implementing a new requirement for one-for-one replacement of all public or HUD-assisted units torn down in a redevelopment. After 17 years of HOPE VI, HUD has some sense of what works. As a result, Choice Neighborhoods has new eligible activities related to partnering with a neighborhood anchor institution and educational partners.
As part of the transition at HUD, this year for the first time applicants for FY 2009 HOPE VI were encouraged to include plans to connect the redevelopment effort with early childhood education programs. In FY 2009, housing authorities in Charlotte, NC, Covington, KY, Dallas, TX, Jersey City and Trenton, NJ, and Memphis, TN all submitted successful HOPE VI applications that incorporated early childhood education programs.
Over the last 17 years, HOPE VI Revitalization grant funds have been used for an array of activities, including: demolition of severely distressed public housing; acquisition of sites for off-site construction; capital costs of major rehabilitation; new construction and other physical improvements; costs for mobility counseling and relocation; and community and supportive service programs for residents, including those relocated as a result of revitalization efforts.
Choice Neighborhoods is also part of the FY 2010 HUD budget. You can see our overview of this program this blog by clicking here.
Whereas the focus of HOPE VI has traditionally been addressing the physical deterioration of outdated public housing complexes, Choice Neighborhoods employs a comprehensive community revitalization approach. There are key differences between HOPE VI and Choice that both public housing authorities and others in the housing and community development fields are watching closely. The most significant is that, unlike HOPE VI, public housing authorities are not the only eligible applicant for the Choice Neighborhood Program. HOPE VI has been widely criticized for removing badly needed subsidized housing stock from cities across America. The Choice Neighborhood Program addresses this criticism by implementing a new requirement for one-for-one replacement of all public or HUD-assisted units torn down in a redevelopment. After 17 years of HOPE VI, HUD has some sense of what works. As a result, Choice Neighborhoods has new eligible activities related to partnering with a neighborhood anchor institution and educational partners.
As part of the transition at HUD, this year for the first time applicants for FY 2009 HOPE VI were encouraged to include plans to connect the redevelopment effort with early childhood education programs. In FY 2009, housing authorities in Charlotte, NC, Covington, KY, Dallas, TX, Jersey City and Trenton, NJ, and Memphis, TN all submitted successful HOPE VI applications that incorporated early childhood education programs.
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