Policy Change for New Challenges - Interview with HUD Assistant Secretary Raphael Bostic
Dr. Raphael Bostic was sworn in as HUD’s Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research almost a year ago, and what a year it has been! He was also at HUD during the Clinton administration, but this time around his work is framed by a global economic crisis with housing at its roots, a new HUD leadership model driven by President Obama and Secretary Shaun Donovan, and the persistent challenge of having to address greater need with fewer resources.
Dr. Bostic recently spoke with Jack Higgins, a 2010 Fels graduate and soon-to-be HUD employee. They talked about how the department has changed over the last few years and where programs like HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhoods are heading. Dr. Bostic reflected on his background as a teacher at USC and how all universities can engage with the communities they are in. He also discussed some of the new ways that HUD is planning to help those cities that have been dealing with economic decline for decades.
Listen in on the 15-minute interview – download it here or open it through iTunes.
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Everyone wins when neighborhood reinvestment reinforces—rather than
undermines—the diversity of a community, and a new report from Penn’s Fels Institute of Government details how the redevelopment of vacant property in North Philadelphia is transforming the area.
Plan Philly Series: Desolate to Dynamic
Plan Philly has featured the Neighborhood of Opportunity work in its series entitled “Desolate to Dynamic.” Check out the most recent article.
Neighborhood Stabilization and Safety in East North Philadelphia, 1998 - 2010
The University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government has issued a second report in its series on how public investment guided by strategic planning can revitalize abandoned and disinvested communities.
