{"id":2695,"date":"2018-04-04T20:37:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T00:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/?p=2695"},"modified":"2018-04-04T20:37:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T00:37:17","slug":"hud-gives-dicey-obama-plan-to-transform-slums-into-middle-class-neighborhoods-5-mil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/2018\/04\/04\/hud-gives-dicey-obama-plan-to-transform-slums-into-middle-class-neighborhoods-5-mil\/","title":{"rendered":"HUD Gives Dicey Obama Plan to Transform Slums into Middle-Class Neighborhoods $5 Mil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And you thought the president was draining the swamp? HUD is continuing the programs that Obama started.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;A controversial Obama program that\u2019s reaped enormous amounts of taxpayer money to transform slums into desirable middle-class neighborhoods just got a $5 million infusion from the Trump administration. Known as Choice Neighborhoods, the costly experiment was the centerpiece of a broader Obama initiative to convert poverty-stricken neighborhoods into sustainable, mixed-income areas with affordable housing, safe streets and good schools. It was launched as a collaboration between the departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Education, Justice, Treasury and Health and Human Services (HHS) to help attract private investment necessary to transform distressed areas.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is Agenda2030 summed up: <em>&#8220;The recent $5 million infusion will promote &#8216;a comprehensive approach to transforming neighborhoods struggling to address the interconnected challenges of distressed housing, inadequate schools, poor health, high crime, and lack of capital,&#8217; according to a HUD statement&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Full Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/hud-gives-dicey-obama-plan-transform-slums-middle-class-neighborhoods-5-mil\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HUD Gives Dicey Obama Plan to Transform Slums into Middle-Class Neighborhoods $5 Mil<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And you thought the president was draining the swamp? HUD is continuing the programs that Obama started. &#8220;A controversial Obama program that\u2019s reaped enormous amounts of taxpayer money to transform slums into desirable middle-class neighborhoods just got a $5 million infusion from the Trump administration. Known as Choice Neighborhoods, the costly experiment was the centerpiece [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,17,23,29,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-federal","category-international","category-local","category-misc","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2696,"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2695\/revisions\/2696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}