An Evaluation of the Housing Assistance Council, Inc.: Small Town Housing Assistance Project

摘要

The report is an evaluation of the Small Town Housing Assistance Project (STHAP). The STHAP is a demonstration project to provide technical assistance to small rural communities to deal with rural problems such as inadequate housing, street, water systems, weak economic bases, and the incapacity of local officials or limited town staffs to deal with such problems. The report is presented in five chapters, based on a comparative analyses of the experiences of eight towns in the study. Chapter 2 provides a background for the demonstration by describing pre-existing conditions in towns such as those participating in STHAP. Chapter 3 describes the initiation, objectives and organization of the demonstration, as well as the variety of technical assistance that STHAP has offered to participants. From this description, the need for assistance to small rural communities is underscored. In Chapter 4, the results in sample town are summarized in terms of the three major STHAP objectives. Chapter 5 presents conclusions and recommendations about the program. The study methodology is included.