HOPE VI Public Housing Demolitions Displace 100,000+ Predominantly Black Households

Chicago completed demolition of Cabrini-Green in 2011 and Robert Taylor Homes by 2007. Nationwide, HOPE VI-funded demolitions displaced over 100,000 predominantly Black households. Promises of one-for-one replacement were broken; original residents failed income and background screening for mixed-income replacements. The program translated as systematic displacement of poor Black communities from desirable urban land.