Did Hope VI Move Communities to Opportunity? How Public Housing Redevelopment Affected Neighborhood Poverty, Racial Composition, and Resources 1990–2016
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21633832 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R L Coley (0000-0001-7172-061X, Boston College, corresponding author), Bryn Spielvogel (0000-0002-2509-6948, University of Utah), Dabin Hwang (0000-0001-7235-413X, Boston College), Joshua Lown (Boston College), Samantha Teixeira (0000-0003-0219-848X, Boston College) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 909-940 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Housing Policy Debate (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1051-1482 • E-ISSN: 2152-050X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10511482.2022.2121614 |
| OpenAlex | W4297229387 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 41 |
Public housing is a key federal investment, yet it has suffered severe underfunding and decay. HOPE VI sought to transform public housing by improving housing quality, deconcentrating poverty, and enhancing economic opportunities. Using rigorous quasi-experimental methods and an array of geocoded annual national administrative data from 1990 to 2016, we evaluated the effects of HOPE VI redevelopment on neighborhood composition and resources. After matching HOPE VI and control census tracts, we used a new flexible conditional difference-in-differences technique to estimate average treatment effects on the treated, accounting for varying treatment start dates and durations. Results show that HOPE VI redevelopment decreased tract poverty by 2.9 percentage points, an effect that remained relatively stable through 10 years postredevelopment, and increased median household incomes with no indication of rising affluence. These effects were most pronounced in high-poverty and predominantly Black tracts, and where public housing experienced more costly redevelopment or transitioned to mixed-income. HOPE VI redevelopments did not affect racial composition or the presence of institutional resources, social services, or commercial resources (e.g., grocery stores, restaurants). Results suggest partial success of HOPE VI. Additional policy levers are necessary to increase public housing residents’ access to neighborhood services that promote economic opportunities and well-being
Business · Census · Census tract · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Poverty · Public economics · Public housing · Redevelopment · Sociology · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Homelessness and Social Issues · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
The 4Cs of Housing
More private than public
Short- and long-term effects of Hope VI redevelopment on neighborhood housing conditions
Life after renewal
Neighborhood resources and stressors associated with parenting inputs for children's learning and development
The association between social housing concentration and the education and health outcomes of social housing tenants
Moving from Hope to Choice
Public housing and neighborhood composition in Hong Kong, 1981-2016
Characterizing Selection Bias Using Experimental Data
Neighborhood Effects on the Long-Term Well-Being of Low-Income Adults
The Hope VI Program
You gotta move
The Economics and Econometrics of Active Labor Market Programs
Estimating the Effect of Training Programs on Earnings
Weathering” Hope VI
Quantifying the Disparate Racial/Ethnic Impacts of Dam Removals
Walkability and the benefits of place-based housing
Identifying Robust, Parsimonious Neighborhood Indicators
Planning for Evaluation
Social inclusion through mixed-income development
Has Hope Vi Transformed Residents' Lives? New Evidence From The Hope Vi Panel Study
Should Policy Makers Strive for Neighborhood Social Mix? An Analysis of the Western European Evidence Base
Mobilizing social capital
Evaluating Linearly Interpolated Intercensal Estimates of Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of U.S. Counties and Census Tracts 2001–2009
How Big is My Neighborhood? Individual and Contextual Effects on Perceptions of Neighborhood Scale
Identifying Perceived Neighborhood Stressors Across Diverse Communities in New York City
Gentrification in Black and White
The Theoretical Basis for Addressing Poverty Through Mixed-Income Development
The Imagined Self-Sufficient Communities of Hope VI
Building “Community” in Mixed-Income Developments
Surrounding Community Residents’ Expectations of Hope VI for Their Community, Health and Physical Activity
Hedonic Estimation and Policy Significance of the Impact of Hope VI on Neighborhood Property Values
Validating Population Estimates for Harmonized Census Tract Data, 2000-2010
The dynamics of income and neighborhood context for population health
Gentrification Without Displacement' and the Consequent Loss of Place
Public Housing Redevelopment, Neighborhood Change, and the Restructuring of Urban Inequality
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |