HOPE VI: A Case Study of Pittsburgh and New Orleans

HOPE VI is a housing policy that attempts to revitalize distressed public housing communities to create mixed-income, mixed-use neighborhoods. This research examined the application of HOPE VI in two neighborhoods, one in Pittsburgh and one in New Orleans, to determine policy success or failure. The research hypothesis is that HOPE VI was successful in revitalizing these communities. The method of research utilizes population projections and descriptive social indicators from data collected by the US Census for 1990 and 2000. Evaluation of ten social indicators derived from HOPE VI goals generally indicates that HOPE VI failed to achieve its objectives in these two cities. This research concludes that HOPE VI failed because of major flaws in policy implementation. One critical flaw was its failure to engage the local population in the community. As a result, HOPE VI had little impact in creating livable and healthy communities for target populations.

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Level thesis:degree_level

Immediate Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Graduate Center for Social and Public Policy

Year dc:date.available

2006

Author dc:creator

• Ingram, Amy

Contributors dc:contributor

• Michael Irwin
• Evan Stoddard

• HOPE VI
• New Orleans
• Pittsburgh
• population projections
• Public Housing
• Socio-economic conditions

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/680

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-1696