Housing High Point HOPE VI Evaluation Seattle Housing Authority
$167,951, March 21, 2001- June 30, 2007
(PI: Rachel Garshick Kleit) This research answers two questions about the HOPE VI redevelopment of the High Point public housing community: What happens to families as a result of HOPE VI and how does the neighborhood change as a result of the redevelopment. For families, the research will track change over time in family well being for the original residents of High Point, regardless of whether they stay on-site or move as a result of the redevelopment. The evaluation answers four questions:(1) how does neighborhood quality change for families as a result of the redevelopment, (2) how do families make decisions about the move they will make, (3) how does job attachment and job searching change over time, (4) how does involvement in their neighborhood change over time?
Park Lake Homes HOPE VI Evaluation US Housing and Urban Development, King County Housing Authority
$133,000, 2003--2005
(PI: L. Manzo)
This project will evaluate the redevelopment of Park Lake Homes, a 569-unit public housing site in White Center operated by the King County Housing Authority. Park Lake Homes is being redeveloped through HUD's HOPE VI program, which will replace the current housing with a new, mixed income community. This evaluation is designed to examine residents' housing needs and concerns to better inform the resident relocation process and provide the appropriate services to displaced residents. This will include a Needs Assessment Survey of all households on site, focus groups with particular ethnic groups, including Cambodian, Vietnamese and Somali, and in-depth individual interviews.
University of Washington Yakima Valley Community Partnership US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, HUD COPC Grant $397,000, 2004--2006
(PIs: S. Palleroni, M. Pyatok, L. Manzo, J. Hou)
This project will forge a community partnership with towns in the Yakima Valley in order to understand and address the housing needs of low-income and migrant farm workers. Through research, design and the construction of prototypes, we will engage faculty and students to work on a program of developing affordable housing for the recently settled Hispanic communities of Toppenish, Granger and Yakima. This work will take place through seminars, studios and design build projects through the next three years.
