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The purpose of this case study was to determine whether the urban homesteading program in Indianapolis was successful. The hypothesis of this case study was, that if six criteria were met, the urban homesteading program was successful. The criteria were categorized according to internal success, external accomplishment, and cost effectiveness, as detailed in Chapter 3, Method.There were a total of 169 properties awarded between 1975 and 1979 during Phases I through VI in three neighborhoods. There were 151 properties awarded in the Forest Manor neighborhood, 8 properties awarded in the Highland Brookside neighborhood, and 10 properties awarded in the Fountain Square neighborhood.The conclusion of this case study was that the urban homesteading program in Indianapolis was successful because it met each of the criteria formulated. It was being operated and administered in an efficient manner with a minimum amount of paperwork and a maximum amount of attention by the rogram administrators. The program dispersed HUD owned properties and those homesteaders who had completed all the program requirements had received the deed to their property. The program did reduce, to an extent, abandonment and neighborhood deterioration, and in terms of cost, the homesteaders spent an average of $6,742 to own their properties, far less than if obtained through conventional methods. / Department of Urban Planning

Using personal narrative, interviews, and research, this thesis project looks at how the middle-class American home has been transformed, by people like me, into a modem-day public square.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1995. / Includes annotated bibliographical references (leaves 163-170).