What effect can increased community involvement have on neighborhood revitalization policies and programs?

Rebecca Sullivan

Lack of Maintenance

De Facto Demolition

Renewal/Redevelopment

Slum Clearance/ Deconcentration of

Poverty

Revitalization

Demographic ShiftsGreat Migration

White Flights

White Return (Gentrification)

Government FundingGI Bill of Rights

African American Increase in Public Housing

1949 Housing Act

Clearance, renewal and expansion

Section 8

HOPE VI

Cycle of

Revitalization

How can cities involve current residents in revitalization efforts so that residents can stay in their homes and neighborhoods?

What effect can increased community involvement have on neighborhood revitalization policies and programs?

What role can policymakers have in making sure that those who are already living in the neighborhood will be able to stay in the neighborhood during and after redevelopment?

Neighborhood Effect

Deconcentration of Poverty

Privatization Vs. Public Good and Gentrification

Struggles of Citizen Involvement

Historically Excluded or Given False Hope

Leads to residents not speaking up the next time

However Policymakers Can’t Support Residents If They Don’t Know What They Need

Leading to reconcentration of poverty

Continued disenfranchisement

Involvement of Residents Can Break the Cycles of Demographic Shift and Disenfranchisement

Asset-Based Community Development

Active citizens who can identify what they want

Learn how to make relationship with policymakers

Policymakers

Build relationships with residents

Really understand what residents need

Lack of Maintenance

De Facto Demolition

Renewal/

Redevelopment

Slum Clearance/ Deconcentration of

Poverty

Revitalization

Proposal 1: Urban development project proposals must show that they have surveyed the residents and that the redevelopment project will meet some of the needs of the residents.

Proposal 2: Cities need to maintain processes that empower citizen to learn about active citizenship so that they can stay involved in political issues that directly affect them such as redevelopment and urban renewal.

Proposal 3: Cities need to create systems that keep developers accountable to their original proposals, such as inspections on progress for neighborhood improvement as stated by resident improvement or citizen advocacy and accountability processes where residents can report developers who are not meeting resident needs.

Proposal 1: Urban development project proposals must show that they have surveyed the residents and that the redevelopment project will meet some of the needs of the residents.

Proposal 2: Cities need to maintain processes that empower citizen to learn about active citizenship so that they can stay involved in political issues that directly affect them such as redevelopment and urban renewal.

Proposal 3: Cities need to create systems that keep developers accountable to their original proposals, such as inspections on progress for neighborhood improvement as stated by resident improvement or citizen advocacy and accountability processes where residents can report developers who are not meeting resident needs.