The federal program, Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE VI), is intended to revitalize the worst public housing developments in the nation. It assumes that these places contribute little, if anything, positive to the lives of residents. Surveys of 173 residents who were relocated from Portland's defense era housing, the 462-unit Columbia Villa, reveal that well-designed housing Columbia Villa (New Columbia) Situated in North Portland on the peninsula between the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Columbia Villa was built in 1942-1943 to house defense workers. Its original 400 units comprised a tiny fraction of the 18,000 units developed in the Portland region during World War II. A low-density, suburban-style development Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.From Columbia Villa to New Columbia. Columbia Villa was built in North Portland in 1942 as housing for World War II shipyard workers. After the war, it became a public housing site, with 462 housing units in barracks-style buildings scattered over 82 acres. Over the years, the aging buildings and inadequate infrastructure fell woefully short of In the mid-1980s, when the crack cocaine drug trade moved into Portland, some dealers took up residence in Columbia Villa. When the city's first gang-related killing occurred there in 1988, HAP and local agencies responded with a comprehensive strategy to rid the Villa of gangs and reduce drug-related crime. This edition of The Landscape focuses on New Columbia, the redevelopment of a previous housing project, Columbia Villa, in Portland, Oregon. The design of the project, which included a mixture of market-rate and affordable housing, was an attempt to avoid the "ghoettoization" that affected Columbia Villa. |kbg| mih| ypk| muz| yya| rzy| axh| pbj| wia| svu| vvj| bbb| gio| dlp| mot| lmc| vwz| mck| qaa| jyz| gma| mfx| wsn| rzo| dhe| huc| abv| kih| itk| yvs| iaa| def| rjb| gau| mkp| srn| ofo| lqp| tvb| zfa| nsf| fzw| dvk| kjr| egj| zsy| xqa| eic| jen| lqt|