1. Housing and Community Development Policies
I. Defining Features of US Urban Policies
II. Community Development Policies

2. Defining Features of US Urban Policies
Federal-Local government distinction
Discretion lodged at local level
Public-private interests
Commitment to market-based system
Limits on government interference in market

3. Community Development Policies
I. 1930s- New Deal
-public works, public housing, welfare, etc.
No community/urban/neighborhood emphasis
II. 1950s – Slum Clearance
Urban Renewal – 1949
Cities acquired land, cleared, replaced with other uses

4. Slum clearance, urban renewal

5. Community Development Policies
III. 1960s – War on Poverty
Community Action programs, Model Cities
Holistic approach to neighborhoods
IV. 1970s – New Federalism
1974 – Community Development Block Grants
1980s – Community Development Corporation revolution

6. Community Development Policies
V. 1990s – Empowerment Zones
Economic development as a key goal
Capacity building in communities
Only 6 cities funded

7. Since the 1990s? …. …

8. Urban, Community Development practices
BIDs: (or CIDs:
Others?