NORFOLK
The city's Redevelopment and Housing Authority has lost out in its second bid to receive federal money to tear down and replace Moton Circle apartments.
For the second year in a row, Norfolk applied for $20 million in HOPE VI funding to help finance the demolition of the public housing complex, located behind the Broad Creek neighborhood.
City leaders hope to use Moton Circle's 11 acres to expand Broad Creek, a mixed-income neighborhood that began with a $35 million Hope VI grant in 2000.
Moton Circle's 138 apartments were first occupied in 1952. The authority proposed tearing down the two-story brick buildings and replacing them with a mixture of rental units and single-family homes.
The city was one of 29 applicants for five federal funding spots.
Late last week, HOPE VI money was granted to Washington, New Orleans, Phoenix, Boston and Fayetteville, N.C. HUD has awarded 242 HOPE VI Revitalization grants totaling roughly $5.9 billion since 1993.
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So when they tore down this
So when they tore down this project where were these residents going to relocated to? Virginia Beach? That's exactly what happened with Bowling Park and Roberts Park they tore down those area and people rushed to VB with their section 8 vouchers. Most of those new townhomes and homes are still empty to this day. Norfolk has a habit of tearing down the low income areas Robin Hood, Lafayette Shores, Lakeland, Liberty Park, Roberts Park, Bowling Park, and Marshall Manor need I go on.