Reply #58: Thanks papau. You are right HOPE VI got expanded. I don't know enough about Chicago

[Leopolds Ghost]

But I know Chicago and DC are two cities that have suffered from
gentrification, culturally and economically (when you look at it
from the perspective of a family with children trying to stay in
the city, or a small businessman trying to pay rents while the
city gov. subsidizes big box stores to be built which get free
rent because they are "anchor stores")

We are building Potemkin villages where there used to be
diverse neighborhoods. Even if the only thing keeping them
diverse was fear of crime (which is a sad commentary on the
people moving in from the suburbs who insist on living in a
gentrified area.)