CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS FY2014 PLANNING GRANTEE WEBCAST U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | February 24, 2015

CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS FY2014 PLANNING GRANTEE WEBCASTU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | February 24, 2015

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT2014 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS PLANNING GRANTEE WELCOME

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Welcome 2014 Planning Grantees


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Nazzaro, Marianne

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1. Welcome2. Choice Neighborhoods3. Planning Grants: The Basics4. Answering Your Questions5. Where Do We Go from Here?

Today’s Agenda 4


2014 Planning Grantees 5


• Mindy Turbov, Director, Choice Neighborhoods

• Marianne Nazzaro, Team Coordinator• Pamela Lawrence, Team Coordinator

Today’s Presenters 6


A National Network of Grantees 7


HUD’s Choice Neighborhoods Program• Choice Neighborhoods builds on the successes and lessons learned from the HOPE VI program.

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HOPE VI at a Glance

Revitalized 260 communities

Created 53,950 replacement units

Built 39,960 affordable and market rate units

Leveraged $1.80 for every $1 investment

Redevelopment of 1 large, distressed housing project

Outcomes Evidence and Estimates

↑ Property Values Boosts home values, generating $6.5 million in local revenue over 20 years

↓ Operating Costs $3.9 million less in federal subsidies over 20 years

↓ Crime Rates $170,000 per year in public sector savingsCrime rates decreased up to 93% across communities

Jobs 1 job created for every $110,000 invested in construction

Multiplier Effects Return of private capital, business, and market forces Example: $856+ million investments in Centennial Place (Atlanta )


HUD’s Choice Neighborhoods Program

Choice Neighborhoods builds on the successful HOPE VI model and focuses on three core goals:

Housing, People, and Neighborhood.

Best of HOPE VI

Revitalize distressed public housing

Leverage other funding

Encourage mixed-income, mixed-use communities

Catalyze neighborhood investment

Provide supportive services

Lessons & Innovations

Address other HUD assisted housing

Expand eligible applicants

Focus on the broader neighborhood, including public safety and schools

Reinstitute planning grants

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• Choice Neighborhoods is HUD’s signature place-based initiative in support of the President’s goal to build Ladders of Opportunity to the middle class.

• Choice Neighborhoods enables communities to revitalize struggling neighborhoods with distressed public housing or HUD-assisted housing.

HUD’s Choice Neighborhoods Program 10


Housing

People

Neighborhood

Housing | Transforming Distressed Public and Assisted Housing Mixed-incomeEnergy efficient, sustainable, accessible, free from discrimination Well-managed and financially viable One-for-one replacement of public and assisted housing units

People | Improving Educational Outcomes and Mobility for Youth and Their FamiliesEffective educationEmployment opportunitiesQuality health careOriginal residents have the right to return

Neighborhood | Creating the Conditions Necessary for Reinvestment AmenitiesEffective neighborhood public schoolsSafety

ChoiceNeighborhoods

Transforming Neighborhoods


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• The Transformation Plan is a comprehensive neighborhood revitalization strategy which, when implemented, will achieve the three core goals of Choice Neighborhoods.

• The Transformation Plan will be the guiding document for the neighborhood revitalization.

• The Transformation Plan will be viable with or without future Choice Neighborhoods funding.

12Transformation Plan


• Community Engagement• Capacity Building and Technical Assistance• Comprehensive Assessments• Shared Vision• Partnership Management and Structure

13Topics to Consider


• Messaging and Communications• Early and Ongoing Accomplishments• Comprehensive Strategies

– (Housing, People, and Neighborhood)

• Data Sharing and Management• Sustainability

14Topics to Consider


• Time and patience to build consensus• YOU are the lead• Build local capacity• Engage residents and community as real

partners from the beginning • Early start activities build momentum • Local government support is essential• Seek out neighborhood partners

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• HUD Team Approach

• Grant Agreement

• Milestones and Deliverables4/16/15 - Schedule and Budget1/16/16 - Outline with Content7/16/16 - Draft Transformation Plan1/16/17 - Final Transformation Plan

• Quarterly ReportsDue the 15th of the month after the end of each calendar quarter

Planning Grant: The Basics 16


• Please email your questions to [email protected]. We will answer them live on this Webast.

Answering Your Questions 17

Flint, MI Gary, IN North Las Vegas, NV


• Kick-off Team Call

• HUD Site Visit and Team Calls

• Resources• Planning Tool• E-Newsletter• www.hud.gov/cn

Where Do We Go from Here? 18

Mobile, AL


• Convenings2014 Planning GranteesApril 14-15, 2015Washington, DC

Technical Assistance 19

Louisville, KY St. Louis, MO

• Annual Conference Fall 2015

• Promising Practice Guides & Webinars


Thank you! 20

Documents

CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS FY2014 PLANNING GRANTEE WEBCAST U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | February 24, 2015