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Revitalized Public Housing

Keiser, Zachary
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563527909422834

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2019, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
Public Housing in the United States is currently being phased out. This program has always been federally underfunded and funding has diminished over the past decades. Despite its negative public image, the public housing program is more efficient than any other form of assisted housing. When planned right, public housing developments have improved the lives of many facing poverty. However, as the income crisis dressed up as a housing crisis continues and the number of people facing poverty rises, there is a current shift in affordable housing to other programs that utilize the cost of private financing. This strategy severely decreases the availability and accessibility of affordable housing. Affordable housing is in short supply. As more investment goes into the redevelopment of neighborhoods within Cincinnati, there is a sense of obligation to include affordable housing units within new developments to create a mixed-income housing development. Although there is no proof this method creates more opportunity or optimism among the disadvantaged within mixed income developments, this form of housing is now the default to new affordable housing. As poverty within Cincinnati is increasing and the number of available affordable units are decreasing, why is there such an evasion of the most reliable form of assisted housing? Many recent neighborhood revitalization efforts are necessary because of past disinvestment. This same disinvestment and neglect is still evident in the deficit of affordable housing. This thesis proposes a restored version of public housing that takes into consideration the failures of past public housing projects, the successes of more recent affordable housing developments, along with the innovative thinking behind modern social housing design. Treating public housing like any other form of market rate housing project better helps a development integrate into an existing fabric. This adaptation of public housing also provides a safe, diverse environment that nurtures inclusivity, removes any stigma behind public housing, and reduces dependence upon government subsidies. With strategic planning and design within a reinvested neighborhood, public housing development can serve and benefit the people living within it and the people living around it.
Michael McInturf, M.Arch. (Committee Chair)
Aarati Kanekar, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
80 p.
Architecture
Public Housing; Affordable Housing; Low-Income; Community; Disparity; Poverty

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  • Keiser, Z. (2019). Revitalized Public Housing [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563527909422834

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Keiser, Zachary. Revitalized Public Housing. 2019. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563527909422834.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Keiser, Zachary. "Revitalized Public Housing." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563527909422834

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