Whats been the most positive outcome of the AHAs public housing project transformation initiative to date?
Families have benefited from the opportunity to live in a safer, healthier environment and to break the cycle of poverty. Neighborhoods have benefited from lower crime, elimination of blight, and the restoration of thriving communities that attract new investment. Children and their families benefit from better schools, which are integral to the transformation. What, to you, is the definition of a successful public housing subsidy program? Public housing was never meant to be a way of life, a trap that multigenerations of people can’t escape. For decades, residents of conventional public housing projects have struggled with the stigma of living almost completely dependent upon an oppressive, demoralizing institution. Living in highly concentrated poverty deprives them of their potential and dignity. A well-conceived and managed subsidy gives people the means to escape concentrated poverty and pursue their dreams. Have you witnessed or heard of any negative side effects of displacing su
