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Stakeholders’ longitudinal perspectives on a large public housing redevelopment in Los Angeles, California
Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal,
18
(1),
75-93
(2024)
Abstract
The Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere VI programme (HOPE VI) model created a new approach to redeveloping public housing in the US, paving the way for the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI). Unlike traditional public housing redevelopment, CNI aims to revitalise entire ecosystems to create sustainable, thriving communities by focusing on housing, people, neighbourhoods and participatory community planning. This study used qualitative methods to explore the longitudinal perspectives of 12 stakeholders involved in a large CNI-funded public housing redevelopment project in Los Angeles, California. Our grounded theory analysis identified four key themes: (1) persistent community ghosts; (2) growing regeneration rooted in optimism and hope for the future; (3) displacement concerns; and (4) the emergence of a mixed-income dichotomy. These findings underscore the importance of continued community involvement in redevelopment efforts, especially in communities that bear complex historical and social challenges.
Keywords: ecosystems; community development; economic development; low-income housing; public housing; Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
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Author's Biography
Judith L. Perrigo PhD, LCSW, is an Assistant Professor of Social Welfare at the University of California, Los Angeles. Additionally, she serves as the Research Director for the Data Informed Futures (DIF) project at the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities and assumes the role of Social Work Training Director within the UCLA Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) clinic. Her scholarship and teaching revolve around prevention and early intervention (PEI) strategies aimed at addressing societal challenges, particularly those impacting early childhood.
Jose J. Scott Jose Scott MPA, BA, is a fourth-year Public Policy and Management PhD candidate at the University of Southern California. He seeks to ascertain the impact of public policy on the institutionalisation of poverty and inequality in the US.
Victoria Shier PhD, MPA, is a Research Scientist at the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. Victoria received her PhD in policy analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School.
Ashlesha Datar PhD, is the Associate Director of the Center for Economic and Social Research at the University of Southern. Ashlesha received an MA in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and a PhD in Policy Analysis from the RAND Graduate School.
