Case Study Two: The Clason Point Project in the South Bronx, NYC
Clason Point, a row-house public housing project, was physically modified to reassign the previously public grounds to individual residents for them to use, control, and maintain. This reduced both crime and maintenance costs. Clason Point, which is typical of about 20% of public housing throughout the country, was originally designed with fully open grounds that were maintained and policed by the housing authority. Over time the grounds became bare dirt overrun by gangs and controlled by drug dealers. I used iron fencing and curbs to reassign all the grounds to individual residents. This removed gang turf and gave the drug dealers nowhere to operate. The resurfacing of buildings, and the provision of new paths, lighting and play equipment improved the look of the project and got residents to assume new responsibilities. This reduced maintenance costs and increased occupancy levels.
The funds for implementing such measures in other public housing projects are readily available from HUD. In a recent nationwide tour of such projects, I presented the work we had done in Clason Point and found residents and housing management uniformly interested in doing the same in their own projects.
Case Study Two: The Clason Point Project in the South Bronx, NYCClason Point, a row-house public housing project, was physically modified to reassign the previously public grounds to individual residents for them to use, control, and maintain. This reduced both crime and maintenance costs. Clason Point, which is typical of about 20% of public housing throughout the country, was originally designed with fully open grounds that were maintained and policed by the housing authority. Over time the grounds became bare dirt overrun by gangs and controlled by drug dealers. I used iron fencing and curbs to reassign all the grounds to individual residents. This removed gang turf and gave the drug dealers nowhere to operate. The resurfacing of buildings, and the provision of new paths, lighting and play equipment improved the look of the project and got residents to assume new responsibilities. This reduced maintenance costs and increased occupancy levels.The funds for implementing such measures in other public housing projects are readily available from HUD. In a recent nationwide tour of such projects, I presented the work we had done in Clason Point and found residents and housing management uniformly interested in doing the same in their own projects.
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