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HOPE VI (Severely Distressed Public Housing)

The HOPE VI program revitalizes distressed and obsolete public housing, usually replacing it with less dense housing combining a mixture of public and privately owned housing. The program awards grants through a competitive process to State and local public housing agencies for this activity.

Rating

What This Rating Means

NOT PERFORMING
Ineffective

Programs receiving this rating are not using your tax dollars effectively. Ineffective programs have been unable to achieve results due to a lack of clarity regarding the program's purpose or goals, poor management, or some other significant weakness.
  • The program is more costly than other programs that serve the same population. It also has an inherently long, drawn-out planning and redevelopment process.
  • The program has accomplished its stated mission of demolishing 100,000 severely distressed public housing units.
  • The program coordinates effectively with related programs in designing a comprehensive program to improve the community.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Implementing changes to complete projects more quickly. The average time to complete a project after award is being reduced from 8 years to 7 years with further improvement anticipated.
  • Reducing the average cost per unit of the project. (The average grant award has been reduced from $30 million to $20 million to improve project management.)
  • Terminating the program since it has completed its mission. The remaining balance of over $2 billion will be spent during the next several years to complete funded projects.

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