The HOPE VI program targets the nation's most distressed public housing - impoverished communities with substandard housing and extreme levels of drug trafficking and violent crime. Created by Congress in 1992, the HOPE VI program was designed to address not only the bricks-and-mortar problems in distressed public housing, but also the social and economic needs of the residents and the health of surrounding neighborhoods. The programs major objectives are:
- to improve the living environment for residents of severely distressed public housing by demolishing, rehabitating, reconfiguring, or replacing obsolete projects in part of whole
- to revitalize the sites of public housing projects and help improve the surrounding neighborhoods
- to provide housing in ways that avoid or decrease the concentration of very low-income families
- to build sustainable communities
The HOPE VI program can profoundly affect the lives of children, who are the most vulnerable residents of distressed public housing and particularly likely to suffer from stress of relocation. Children growing up in these distressed developments confront many obstacles, all of which place them at risk for serious consequences including developmental delays, behavior problems, and poor school outcomes.
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