Where Are Poor People to Live?: Transforming Public Housing Communities (Cities and Contemporary Society)

Contents......Page 7
Tables and Figures......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
Introduction......Page 15
A Brief History of a Controversial Agency......Page 17
Looking Ahead......Page 24
Notes......Page 26
Part I NATIONAL AND LOCAL CONTEXT FOR PUBLIC HOUSING TRANSFORMATION......Page 29
1 Public Housing Transformation Evolving National Policy......Page 31
Origins......Page 33
Evolution......Page 36
Creating HOPE......Page 43
The Future of Public Housing for the Very Poor......Page 49
Notes......Page 50
HOPE VI......Page 53
Understanding Policy Change Through Multiple Streams......Page 55
The Birth of a Plain-Jane Policy......Page 56
From Plain Jane to Cinderella......Page 58
Henry Cisneros—A Visionary Leader in Crisis......Page 59
PHAs and Housing Trade Organizations— Lobbying for Deregulation......Page 63
Richard Baron and the Diaz Opinions......Page 64
The HOPE VI Office—Reforming Below the Radar Screen......Page 66
Jumping on the Bandwagon?......Page 70
Notes......Page 72
3 The HOPE VI Program What Has Happened to the Residents?......Page 80
Expectations for Public Housing Transformation......Page 81
Effects of HOPE VI......Page 83
How Are Original HOPE VI Residents Faring?......Page 85
Looking Ahead: Barriers to New Housing and Self-Sufficiency......Page 92
The Future for Residents......Page 96
Notes......Page 97
Part II ON THE GROUND IN CHICAGO RESHAPING PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITIES......Page 103
4 The Chicago Housing Authority’s Plan for Transformation......Page 105
The Plan......Page 106
The Planning Process......Page 123
Status of the Plan for Transformation in Early 2005......Page 129
Notes......Page 132
5 Community Resistance to CHA Transformation The History, Evolution, Struggles, and Accomplishments of the Coalition to Protect Public Housing......Page 137
The Early Years of CPPH: 1996 to 1999......Page 139
The Later Years: Keeping the Coalition Together After 2000......Page 154
Obstacles Facing the CPPH......Page 167
The Achievements of the CPPH......Page 176
Notes......Page 177
6 The Case of Cabrini-Green......Page 180
The Cabrini-Green Development......Page 181
HOPE VI and Redevelopment Plans......Page 182
Cabrini-Green Residents File Federal Fair Housing and Civil Rights Lawsuit......Page 184
Near North Redevelopment Continues......Page 189
Creation of Cabrini-Green New Beginnings......Page 190
Protracted Negotiations to Forge a Partnership Agreement......Page 191
Recent Redevelopment Conflicts......Page 193
Notes......Page 195
7 A Critical Analysis of the ABLA Redevelopment Plan......Page 197
The Evolution of the ABLA Housing Development......Page 198
The Intellectual Roots of the ABLA Redevelopment Plan......Page 205
The Flawed ABLA Redevelopment Process......Page 211
The Likely Neighborhood Impacts of Roosevelt Square......Page 218
Notes......Page 223
8 Relocated Public Housing Residents Have Little Hope of Returning Work Requirements for Mixed-Income Public Housing Developments......Page 228
Background......Page 229
Work Requirements Serve as a Barrier to Return......Page 232
The Horner Model......Page 237
Notes......Page 241
Part III LEARNING FROM CHICAGO PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FOR POLICY MAKERS......Page 249
9 Gautreaux and Chicago’s Public Housing Crisis The Conflict Between Achieving Integration and Providing Decent Housing for Very Low-Income African Americans......Page 251
The Affordable Housing Crisis......Page 252
Integration Versus the Critical Need for Low-Income Housing......Page 259
Notes......Page 263
10 Mixed-Income Communities Designing Out Poverty or Pushing Out the Poor?......Page 271
The New Frontier: Mixed-Income Development......Page 272
New Urbanism . . . New Directions in Public Housing......Page 277
Why Does Design Matter in Transforming Public Housing?......Page 282
The Symbolic Meaning of Community—Modernism Redux?......Page 289
Notes......Page 291
11 Downtown Restructuring and Public Housing in Contemporary Chicago Fashioning a Better World-Class City......Page 294
Urban Restructuring, Local Response: Chicago Style......Page 296
The Chicago Housing Authority and Central Chicago......Page 298
Richard M. Daley’s New Chicago......Page 301
Chicago’s New Chicago Housing Authority......Page 304
Public Housing and the New Geography of Central Chicago......Page 307
Notes......Page 309
Epilogue......Page 313
National and Local Conditions Affecting Public Housing......Page 314
Looking Ahead......Page 320
Notes......Page 324
About the Editors and Contributors......Page 327
Index......Page 331