HOPE VI

Affordable Housing in New Urbanism

Submitted by Joe Menard on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 9:02pm.
Description: From a policy standpoint, there are four main approaches to affordable housing relevant to New Urbanists: Developing affordable housing using tax credits and grants; increasing affordable homeownership opportunities through programs like Habitat; encouraging resident-controlled lim... read more »

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Opening Plenary with Henry Cisneros

Submitted by carterburn on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 10:40pm.
Description: CNU XVI opens with a native Texan whose embrace of New Urbanism left a lasting mark on the nation's public housing. Henry Cisneros, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, helped enact the HOPE VI program that helped transform the face of public ho... read more »

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