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Dream in Progress: The Cleveland Dream Neighborhood

Day, Devin

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Title
Dream in Progress: The Cleveland Dream Neighborhood
Author(s)
Day, Devin
Contributor(s)
Harwood, Stacy A.
Issue Date
2017
Keyword(s)
  • housing rehabilitation
  • refugee resettlement
Date of Ingest
2017-11-02T20:06:47Z
Geographic Coverage
Cleveland, Ohio
Abstract
In Cleveland, decades of white flight, suburbanization, and a manufacturing exodus caused some of the worst vacancy and property value decreases in the country. Through the resettlement of refugees in vacant but rehabilitated structures, local stakeholders-city councilmen, community development corporation organizers, refugee resettlement agency staff, native-born residents of the neighborhoods, and refugees themselves-hope to revitalize the Stockyard and Clark-Fulton neighborhoods on Cleveland's West Side. Metro West CDO obtains property from the Land Bank-sometimes in partnership with other nonprofits and resettlement agencies. with resettlement agency staff, they find trustworthy contractors to rehab and serve as landlords for new refugees. Eventually, new families settle into new homes: they must achieve economic sustainability within three months. Limited government funding subsidizes job searches, and most find jobs within the first five months. Refugee households continue to receive services from local resettlement agencies.
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MUP Capstone
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