DMPED: New Communities Guiding Principles
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New Communities Guiding Principles
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The New Communities Initiative has four guiding principles:
  • One for One Replacement of existing units to ensure that there is no net loss of the existing deeply subsidized units in the neighborhood
  • The Right to Return/Stay to ensure that current families will be able to afford to stay in their neighborhood
  • Mixed-Income Mix to ensure the long-term viability of the neighborhood by providing a range of housing for all incomes
  • Build First, which calls for new housing on publicly-controlled lands to be built prior to the demolition of existing distressed housing to minimize displacement