The influence of federal housing policy on crime in Durham, North Carolina

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  • February 28, 2019
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  • Neuman, Katharine E.
    • Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of City and Regional Planning
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  • One of the primary purposes of federally sponsored housing developments is to reduce community crime and blight. For decades, federally initiated housing programs failed to provide residents with safe, affordable, and quality housing. Recent initiatives focus on demolishing and reconstructing the failed government housing projects around the nation, in an attempt to use improved urban design principles, stricter resident screening, and community/policing initiatives to create safer and more sustainable housing complexes. Using geographic analysis, spatial statistics, and interviews, this study examines the impact of new federal housing policies on crime trends in one of the most historically distressed cities in the country, Durham, North Carolina. Results indicate that although the HOPE VI development area experienced a significant reduction of crime after demolition/reconstruction, few of the original residents benefited from the HOPE VI development. In addition, new hotspots of violent crime simultaneously developed further from the revitalization area. Qualitative data, in the form of surveys, and quantitative analysis demonstrate the potential benefits of current federal housing programs. With a more comprehensive approach to federal housing initiatives, more sustainable programs can be designed in order to develop strategies to facilitate a community-wide impact.
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  • Rohe, William
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  • Master of City and Regional Planning
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • Durham, North Carolina, United States
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  • 45 p.
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  • December 10, 2010

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