Residential Outcomes of HOPE VI Relocatees in Richmond, VA

In 1997 the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority received a HOPE VI grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the amount of $26.9 million to revitalize the Blackwell scattered site public housing community. The mixed income approach of HOPE VI calls for a reduction of public housing units, thus requiring all households to relocate to other neighborhoods. This research analyzed socioeconomic data to examine the relocation of households, assess whether they moved to better neighborhoods, and compare them to other poor households. Over half of all households moved to other distressed neighborhoods in the Northside, East End, and Southside sections of Richmond. While voucher households moved to better neighborhoods, public housing households appeared to move to neighborhoods of similar and worse quality than Blackwell. Overall, relocated households moved to less stable communities than other poor households. Research suggests that a regional approach is needed to open suburban housing options to low-income families in order to effectively deconcentrate poverty.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Urban & Regional Planning

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Urban Studies & Planning

Year dc:date.available

2007

Author dc:creator

• Johnson-Hart, Lallen Tyrone

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Michela M. Zonta

• dispersal programs
• HOPE VI
• housing policy
• public housing
• poverty deconcentration
• Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Urban Studies and Planning

Statement dc:rights

• © The Author

Identifier

https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1413

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarscompass.vcu.edu:etd-2412