What are the underlying issues and how have they tried to fix them?

There are a lot of socioeconomic and racist issues stemming back decades that have been left unresolved and are now conflicted with today's issues.  You can't fix what you either don't know or acknowledge.

Garbage!
My mother grew up in a 3 generation home where they grew things and canned. Some clothes came from flour sacks which were carefully bleached and turned into dresses. No one dared to break the law because there was no money to bail anyone out of jail. Alcohol was saved for special occasions. The only vehicle was a PU truck which was loaded up like the Beverly Hillbillies when the whole family went anywhere together. All the kids finished HS. My mother had to walk a mile to do it. One got a college scholarship from his grades and for playing football. He was Phi Beta Kappa
How many blacks are willing to go thru hardships like that?

If you have been to the hood lately, you would find that there is no room to plant a garden and if you did, it would be destroyed for someone else's entertainment. You had alcohol, land, pick up trucks, you walked to school.... you must be one of those white privileged folk,

What would be a solution?

I think you are talking about different things.  There are programs and have been for a long time, that they claim will address inner city problems. But they never do and things continue.  You have had several generations of a strong family living in the same home and making the best of what you had.  Many inner city families now are made up of children living with single mothers.  If the mom works outside of the home, children are left to raise themselves. There isn’t a father or a grandparent to watch the children, or a dad to go to work so a mom can stay home. 

Did grow up in an inner city? Growing up without much money is different than growing up without hope.  Maybe families would be better off without so called helpful programs.

The same houses still exist on 50'x100' lots. So does the dirt. What residents do to them is their business. What is the "hood" now just as it was 100 years ago except houses are older. The HS the rioters pulled a statue down from is still there. Of course, the rioters are either from other cities in far off states or they dropped out due to poor grades because pot is legal here. The people taking advantage of the old houses in the "hood" are from foreign countries where they had to wait in line to come here.
Walking to school is the only.thing that has not changed over the years except only the smart do it. The dumb are too dumb to study anything but the latest "lyrics" on their smart phones.

Ugh, the man who was mayor here for years finally worked his way up in politics and is trying to legalize pot here claiming that it would be a financial boon for the state.  Hell, he knows darn well the impact of especially drugs in this community and on families.  How dare he?

Pot is as growing trend. lot of rich people getting richer ftom growing it. Belushi has a big place and a big farm due to pot.

Yep, he and his family are rich.