Cherry Hills
in 1945, this neighborhood was built specifically to house these certain type of African Americans?
African American Veterans
Residents gave the complex this dark rhyming nickname because of the high homicide rate in the 1980s.
Murder Homes
When was the "HOPE VI Programs" started?
It was started in 1992
What were the redlines meant to repersent?
Redlining was meant to represent "financial hazard" or "investment risk" based on the racial makeup of a neighborhood.
Why was Cherry Hill selected as the site for this development?
Cherry Hill was chosen because it was an isolated "peninsula".
This federal program helped fund the demolition and redevelopment of Murphy Homes.
HOPE VI
What is HOPE VI?
This federal program provided the funding and framework for the demolition and redevelopment of the Murphy Homes site.
In the 1937 HOLC maps of Baltimore, which color was used for "Grade C" neighborhoods, labeling them as "Definitely Declining."
Yellow
What was the environmental condition of the site at the time?
The site was considered a place where human were not fit to live in by the NAACP and the Urban League
A major issue associated with Murphy Homes before redevelopment was high levels of…
crime or poverty
This U.S. agency ran the HOPE VI program.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
This landmark 1968 law was passed to finally outlaw redlining and stop housing discrimination in the United States.
The Fair Housing Act
What company developed the Cherry Hill homes?
The Roland Park Company
Before it was demolished, Murphy Homes mainly housed residents in this income group.
Low income families
What problems came with the HOPE VI programs
It kicked out low income family’s and raised the prices for homes.
In the 1930s, this government-created corporation made the colored maps that started the practice of redlining across the country.
The Home Owners' Loan Corporation