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Community Development for Economic Growth and Housing Improvement

This chapter discusses the goals and activities of community development, including facilitating economic growth, improving housing stock, sustaining commercial functions, enhancing physical aspects of the community, and providing services to less affluent segments. It also explores urban renewal and the importance of housing in urban planning.

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Community Development for Economic Growth and Housing Improvement

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  1. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Chapter 11 Professor Habib Alshuwaikhat

  2. Goal and Activities ofCommunity Development • Facilitation of economic growth or, more in desperate cases, measures to slow down the loss of economic activity. • Attempts to increase the quality –and sometimes the quantity-of the municipality housing stock. • Attempts to sustain or improve some particular commercial function of the city, most commonly retailing. Prof. Alshuwaikhat - KFUPM - CP101

  3. Goal and Activities ofCommunity Development .. Continued • Improvement of some physical aspects of the community such as its parks, recreational facilities, parking facilities, or street pattern. • Furtherance of urban design goals; beautify a downtown street to increase downtown retailing and hence employment expansion. • Provision of a variety of services to less affluent segments of the community's population such as : social services (day care or job training) Prof. Alshuwaikhat - KFUPM - CP101

  4. Urban Renewal • Urban renewal began with the Housing Act of 1949 and ended in 1973. • The goals of the program included: • Eliminating substandard housing • Revitalizing city economies • Constructing good housing • Reducing de facto segregation Prof. Alshuwaikhat - KFUPM - CP101

  5. Community Development • A year after the termination of urban Renewal, Congress passes the Hosing and Community Development Act of 1974. • The act provided grants and funds for localities to pursue a wide range of activities. • The act emphasized the services for the poorer segment of the population. • The act required each community to spell out the community housing needs and ensure citizen participation. Prof. Alshuwaikhat - KFUPM - CP101

  6. The Housing Question • Housing is the most important issue in urban planning. • Housing constitutes the biggest single land use in most cities and towns. • The conditions of neighborhoods touch most people deeply . • Housing is often the single largest item in a family’s budget. • What are the housing problems??? Prof. Alshuwaikhat - KFUPM - CP101

  7. PLANNING FOR HOUSING • What can the community do to provide low and moderate-income housing? • It can provide the infrastructure and the land use controls. • A more comprehensive approach is needed to planning for housing. Prof. Alshuwaikhat - KFUPM - CP101

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