Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants support those communities that have undergone a comprehensive local planning process and are ready to implement their Transformation Plan to redevelop the neighborhood.
HUD is focused on directing resources to achieve the following three core goals:
1. Housing:
Transform distressed public and assisted housing into energy efficient, mixed-up income housing that is physically and financially viable over the long term; 2. People:
Support positive outcomes for families who live in the target development(s) and the surrounding neighborhood, particularly outcomes related to residents health, safety employment, mobility, and education and 3. Neighborhood:
Transform distressed, high-poverty neighborhoods into viable, mixed-up income neighborhoods with access to well functioning services, high quality public schools and education programs, high quality early learning programs and services, public assets, public transportation, and improved access to jobs.
The plan must focus on the revitalization of a severely distressed public housing or HUD-assisted multifamily housing project located in a distressed neighborhood.