The Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (Choice) of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) aims to transform distressed, high-poverty rate neighborhoods into revitalized mixed-income neighborhoods. Its primary vehicle to catalyze this transformation is the rebuilding of distressed public and assisted housing into energy-efficient, mixed-income housing that is physically and financially viable. This publication provides a summary of the program from its inception in 2010 to the report’s release in 2015; FY 2010-2013 implementation grant summaries; FY 2010-2011 planning grant alumni summaries; and FY 2012-2014 current planning grant summaries. At the time of publication, the program had helped to develop more than 10,500 new housing units and a variety of economic development activities by working with partners to leverage more than $7.5 for every $1 in Choice Neighborhoods funding.

This report is part of the collection of scanned historical documents available to the public.