National Housing Law Project Public Housing

HOPE VI: REVITALIZATION AND DEMOLITION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING

Description: HOPE VI Revitalization Grants fund PHAs to demolish obsolete public housing developments, revitalize sites, including remaining public housing units, provide replacement housing and assistance to tenants displaced by the demolition and provide for public housing management improvements. HOPE VI funds tenant self-sufficiency services, including child care, employment training, computer skills training, education, transportation, and health care. HOPE VI demolition grants fund PHAs to demolish and provide minimal site restoration for public housing units without revitalization where funding is unavailable for demolition.    Statute: Urban Revitalization Demonstration in Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (Pub. L. 102-389, Oct. 6, 1992). Program reauthorized and expanded in subsequent appropriations acts. Last funded in FY 1999 Appropriations, 112 Stat. 2473-2474 (P.L. 105-276, Oct. 21, 1998).  Regulations:
No regulations exist for this program.

Guidance: The most recent program funding and application requirements are found in the FY 1999 NOFA. Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD’s Housing and Community Development and Empowerment Programs, 64 Federal Register 9,617-9,666 (Feb. 26, 1999).