The Changing Face of Public Housing. HUD's HOPE VI Program.

Chicago CHA History By 1950, public housing projects had risen in cities across the country. Their advocates in the National Housing Conference declared these projects a success, asserting that they had given low-income families their first opportunity to live in a decent, healthy environment. And the benefits, they claimed, extended to cities as a whole. By improving the social ills bred by slums public housing had saved taxpayers vast costs for police, fire, health and crime …

…ne 1994, Political Fates Tied to CHA Projects, By Scott Burnham U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD.org Fewer People Live in High-Poverty Neighborhoods in Baltimore, Study Shows; Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, Washington; May 18, 2003; pg. 1 Rediscovering the inner city; Miller, Cyndee; Marketing News, Chicago; Jan 17, 1994; Vol. 28, Iss. 2; pg. 1, 2 pgs Public housing at a crossroads; [ALL Edition]; Ross Atkin Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor; Christian Science Monitor, Boston, Mass.; Mar 12, 2003; pg. 11