An Urban Renewal housing project originally due for completion in 2008 is set to get a reboot with a new developer and homebuilder taking over where the last one left five years ago. Bison Hill 2024 ...

Between 1949 - 1973, 2,532 federal urban renewal projects were carried out in 993 US cities. Seventy-five percent of the people displaced were people of color, leading to James Baldwin’s famous remark ...

The city of Roanoke uprooted hundreds of mostly Black residents through its urban renewal projects during the 20th century.

The significance of urban renewal has additional dimension; beyond improving living standards, these projects contribute to ...