Hope VI

The HOPE VI program serves a vital role in the Department of Housing and Urban Development's efforts to transform Public Housing.

The specific elements of public housing transformation that have proven key to HOPE VI include:

• Changing the physical shape of public housing
• Establishing positive incentives for resident self-sufficiency and comprehensive services that empower residents
• Lessening concentrations of poverty by placing public housing in nonpoverty neighborhoods and promoting mixed-income communities
• Forging partnerships with other agencies, local governments, nonprofit organizations, and private businesses to leverage support and resources

HOPE VI Revitalization grants fund:

• Capital costs of major rehabilitation, new construction, and other physical improvements
• Demolition of severely distressed public housing
• Acquisition of sites for off-site construction
• Community and supportive service programs for residents, including those relocated as a result of revitalization efforts

HOPE VI Main Street grants provide assistance to smaller communities in the development of affordable housing that is undertaken in connection with a Main Street revitalization effort.