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President [[George W. Bush]] called for abolition of the HOPE VI program, and [[United States Congress|Congress]] reduced funding for the block grants.<ref name="sanfranproject">{{cite news |url= http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/20/BAGI9MGDJH1.DTL|title= Infamous projects are rebuilt and reborn|access-date=2007-07-26 |newspaper= San Francisco Chronicle|date= 2006-11-20 | first=Heather | last=Knight}}</ref> | President [[George W. Bush]] called for abolition of the HOPE VI program, and [[United States Congress|Congress]] reduced funding for the block grants.<ref name="sanfranproject">{{cite news |url= http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/20/BAGI9MGDJH1.DTL|title= Infamous projects are rebuilt and reborn|access-date=2007-07-26 |newspaper= San Francisco Chronicle|date= 2006-11-20 | first=Heather | last=Knight}}</ref> | ||
San Francisco mayor [[Gavin Newsom]] proposed a local version of HOPE VI, using a $100 million public bond referendum to gather private money to rehabilitate outdated public housing projects.<ref name="sanfranproject"/> | |||
In FY 2009, HOPE VI received a $120 million budget; however, in FY2010 no funds were budgeted for HOPE VI. A new Choice Neighborhoods program had a proposed budget of $250 million. Over the course of 15 years, HOPE VI grants were used to demolish 96,200 public housing units and produce 107,800 new or renovated housing units, of which 56,800 were to be affordable to the lowest-income households.<ref name="HUD2010Budget">{{cite web |url= http://www.nhl.gov/budgetsummary2010/fy10budget.pdf|title= FY2010 Budget|access-date=2010-07-12 |publisher= United States Department of Housing & Urban Development|date= 2010-06-20}}</ref> The new and renovated housing units were mixed income, less dense, and sought to attain better design and integration into the local neighborhoods.<ref name="HUD2010Budget"/> | In FY 2009, HOPE VI received a $120 million budget; however, in FY2010 no funds were budgeted for HOPE VI. A new Choice Neighborhoods program had a proposed budget of $250 million. Over the course of 15 years, HOPE VI grants were used to demolish 96,200 public housing units and produce 107,800 new or renovated housing units, of which 56,800 were to be affordable to the lowest-income households.<ref name="HUD2010Budget">{{cite web |url= http://www.nhl.gov/budgetsummary2010/fy10budget.pdf|title= FY2010 Budget|access-date=2010-07-12 |publisher= United States Department of Housing & Urban Development|date= 2010-06-20}}</ref> The new and renovated housing units were mixed income, less dense, and sought to attain better design and integration into the local neighborhoods.<ref name="HUD2010Budget"/> | ||