INTERNATIONAL CITY/COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The lack of affordable housing, combined with the ongoing challenges associated with older, obsolete and rundown housing, have resulted in distressed neighborhoods that offer little opportunity for residents. These challenges have created a housing crisis that affects the economic health and quality of life among many U.S. communities.
A new research report published by ICMA explores the role of local governments and citizen engagement in transforming distressed neighborhoods.
Public housing and subsidized rentals are a way of life for many families in cities throughout much of the United States and it has become clear that traditional approaches to neighborhood and community planning are not producing the desired results. Evaluating the Role of Local Government and Project Stakeholder Engagement in Choice Neighborhoods Transformation Planning and Implementation summarizes ICMA’s three-year study of Salisbury, N.C.; Suffolk, Va; and Norfolk, Va., and their use of grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement a Choice Neighborhoods Transformation Plan. This comprehensive approach to neighborhood planning takes into account the economic and social needs of residents in public and assisted housing beyond those of their physical environment.
