Adopt-A-Block building blocks

Article Abstract:

The Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority in Newport News, VA, is pursuing a strategy that is based on the assumption that residential blocks benefit when a concerted effort is made to improve the community's appearance even when it has not declined enough to require drastic urban renewal measures. The housing authority introduced some very innovative features of this Adopt-A-Block strategy in 1995 when it undertook the construction of three adjacent houses under the HOMEbuilder program. The new Adopt-A-Block elements paid close attention to the architectural setting of the community and the construction and restoration of a number of low-cost home ownership units on the same residential block. Adopt-A-Block can serve as a model for future community redevelopment initiatives.

Case studies, Virginia, Housing, Newport News, Virginia

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Local agencies: integral to the community

Article Abstract:

The negative public image of housing and redevelopment agencies obscure the important social and economic role they play in the community. Although low-income housing is often associated with crime, violence, drugs and government mismanagement, the more than 6,500 local housing agencies (LHAs) throughout the country actually benefit the communities they serve in many ways. They broaden the city's tax base, stimulate its residential, commercial and industrial development, and inject millions of dollar into the local economy. LHAs provide affordable and decent housing to families with limited resources and rehabilitate declining urban areas where commercial activity is no longer viable.

Economic aspects, Public housing, Housing authorities

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Professional profile

Article Abstract:

William L. Slayton was a urban renewal pioneer who served in urban and community development administrations from the local to federal levels. As head of the now defunct Urban Renewal Administration, he worked to end racism in relocation housing.

United States, Obituary, Personalities, Slayton, William

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