The first implementation consideration is the basis for which political capital can be expected to enable the strategyÕs breadth and ambition. Among other recommendations, the strategic plan calls for changes to the Chicago Housing AuthorityÕs implementation of the Housing Choice Voucher program. This may, in turn, require changes to HUD rules governing the program, placing pressure on departments that provide core city services. It seeks the attention of the Land Bank Authority that has just created its governing board in January 2013. However, there is at least one reason why I believe that Woodlawn, one of 77 Community Areas in Chicago, should be able to attract a high level of political support: the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative. The City has committed to making a not insignificant financial investment and to transforming the neighborhood. Indeed the DHED is a co-implementation partner in the endeavor and reportedly the entity that pushed for the Small Building Initiative in the Choice NeighborhoodÕs application. Moreover, given the CityÕs well-documented reliance on HOPE VI funds, they are invested in ensuring success for the programÕs replacement and should support its component strategies that include a focus on two- to four-unit buildings. For these reasons, there is ample political support available for the various recommendations in the strategy.<\/p>\n
Secondly, while this chapter serves to illustrate both existing ideas and new proposals to address the problems identified, Appendix I organizes the recommendations into primary and secondary sets of priorities. The primary category consists of recommendations from stakeholders and newly generated recommendations anticipated to have a high impact using relatively few resources. Secondary priority recommendations may be more creative approaches, particularly difficult to implement or simply less promising for the respective objective. Next, the first priority recommendations are organized into low and high-effort, identifying those that are low-effort as Òeasy winsÓ which should precede tackling those deemed high-effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The first implementation consideration is the basis for which political capital can be expected to enable the strategyÕs breadth and ambition. Among other recommendations, the strategic plan calls for changes to the Chicago Housing AuthorityÕs implementation of the Housing Choice … Continue reading