PD&R Updates Case Studies: Columbus, Ohio: Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Fuels Redevelopment of Historic Public Housing With $29.7 million in Choice Neighborhoods Initiative implementation grant funding, the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority in Columbus, Ohio, partnered with developer McCormack Baron Salazar to transform a 414-unit, 1940s-era public housing project into a 450-unit, mixed-income community. Named for abolitionist pastor Reverend James Preston Poindexter, the Poindexter Village development is helping to revitalize the Near East Side neighborhood by spurring additional investment. Read more at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/casestudies/study-121323.html. New Reports: Analyzing Cost and Energy Use Impact of Integrated Hot Water Systems in Modular Construction UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation, SmithGroup, and Factory OS examined the potential of integrating a distributed 120-volt, shared-circuit heat pump domestic water heating system in mul