The Little Rock Housing Authority and the cities of Little Rock and North Little Rock were recently awarded $15M in federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funds to address inner-city housing foreclosures and other blighting factors related to the economic crisis. As part of the grant application team, Urban Collage surveyed and analyzed existing housing in eleven census tracts containing over 800 housing units. The work included identification of priority areas and recommendations on institutional partnerships and public investments to support the stabilization, particularly in the neighborhoods surrounding Little Rock’s civil rights landmarks like Central High School and the Daisy Bates House.
