Case Study One: The Five Oaks Community in Dayton, OH
The successful reorganization of the existing urban grid of streets to create mini-neighborhoods in the Five Oaks community in Dayton, OH, has created a trend that is now sweeping the country. This phenomenon flows from our well-publicized study of the private streets of St. Louis some 20 years ago. The creation of cul-de-sacs at the end of streets is a useful mechanism not only for reducing crime and traffic, but for stimulating reinvestment and the occupancy of previously vacant units.
In Five Oaks, which is composed largely of two-family houses, this reinvestment also created newly refurbished rental units that serve Section 8 families. Given HUD's inclination to provide Section 8 rental certificates rather than to build, or rebuild, public housing, the stabilization of urban communities containing low-cost rental housing is vital to that program's success.
Further to the above, many communities are planning to use their Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to reorganize their street systems, as Dayton did. A municipal program that couples the provision of CDBG funds to communities for street modifications with a requirement that such communities also provide more rental housing in the units being rehabilitated can make both programs economically feasible, interdependent, and more socially acceptable.
Case Study One: The Five Oaks Community in Dayton, OHThe successful reorganization of the existing urban grid of streets to create mini-neighborhoods in the Five Oaks community in Dayton, OH, has created a trend that is now sweeping the country. This phenomenon flows from our well-publicized study of the private streets of St. Louis some 20 years ago. The creation of cul-de-sacs at the end of streets is a useful mechanism not only for reducing crime and traffic, but for stimulating reinvestment and the occupancy of previously vacant units.In Five Oaks, which is composed largely of two-family houses, this reinvestment also created newly refurbished rental units that serve Section 8 families. Given HUD's inclination to provide Section 8 rental certificates rather than to build, or rebuild, public housing, the stabilization of urban communities containing low-cost rental housing is vital to that program's success.Further to the above, many communities are planning to use their Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to reorganize their street systems, as Dayton did. A municipal program that couples the provision of CDBG funds to communities for street modifications with a requirement that such communities also provide more rental housing in the units being rehabilitated can make both programs economically feasible, interdependent, and more socially acceptable.
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