TARGETING FEDERAL GRANTS: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE, 1950-1986

In: Publius: the journal of federalism, Band 21, Heft 1, S. 29-50

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE DEGREE TO WHICH FEDERAL COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS TARGET FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO THE NATION'S NEEDIEST COMMUNITIES. THE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT WHILE URBAN CONDITIONS IN THE NATION'S MOST DISTRESSED CITIES CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE DURING THE 1980S IN BOTH RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE TERMS, GRANT ALLOCATIONS UNDER THEIR MAJOR FEDRAL URBAN PROGRAM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS, HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO THE CHANGING INCIDENCE OF URBAN HARDSHIP.