Case Study Exercise October 14, 2014. The Setting: 650 unit public housing project 2.
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Transcript of Case Study Exercise October 14, 2014. The Setting: 650 unit public housing project 2.
Grantmakers for Children Youth and Families
Case Study Exercise
October 14, 2014
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The Setting: 650 unit public housing project
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Crime Rate
• 18x national average • $30MM drug
trade • 90% families
victim of a felony each and every year
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The Housing
• 100% public housing • 40% of the
units are uninhabitable
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Income and Self-Sufficiency
• 13% of adults are employed• Median income is
$4,500
Public Schools
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• Public elementary school across the street (K-5)
• Only children from public housing project attend the school
• School is worst performing elementary school in city system
• City is planning to close the school
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Recreation Center
• Only recreation opportunity is a City-owned Rec Center next door to the school
• Rec Center is 30 years old and has little utilization
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Tough Resident Leader
• President of Tenant’s Association for 25 years
• Skeptical of outsiders, especially business community
• First priority is to existing residents
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Businessman - Philanthropist
• Family Foundation• Willing to commit
full foundation resources to single neighborhood
• Has purchased 70 acres adjacent to housing project
• A willing partner in any public-private partnerships needed to achieve goals
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Historic golf club across the street
• In bankruptcy• Dilapidated condition• Slated to be sold for
use as car wreckage/towing
• Businessman/philanthropist set to purchase if he can figure out how to use it to help a redevelopment effort
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Innovative Housing Authority Director
• $30M in capital funds to improve public housing project
• Willingness to partner with private sector
Map of Redevelopment Site
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Foundation Property
Public Housing Site Property
Rec. Center
School
Foundation Property
Public Housing and Golf Course
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Rec. Center Foundation
Property
Public Housing Site
Property
School
Foundation Property
Surrounding neighborhood of single family homes has good housing stock
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Public Housing
Site Property
Foundation Property
Rec. Center
School
Foundation Property
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Questions
• What are your top 5 priorities for turning the public housing project into the centerpiece of a healthy community?
• How much money do you think it would take to implement your priorities?
• What do you anticipate are the biggest challenges?
• Who are the essential collaborators to make your initiative work?
• Who is best situated to lead the redevelopment effort (is a single leader necessary)?
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Other Questions to Ponder
• What role would you recommend the businessman/philanthropist play in the initiative?
• How would you engage the residents in the overall effort?
• Is there a way to use the historic golf course to advance your initiative?