Invoking concerns about equity to block providing more street space for people is destructive A cautionary tale from Chicago, with some keen insight from Greg Shill. Let’s begin by stipulating one thing:Â There’s much about
Don’t make “equity” the enemy of improving cities for people Read Post »
Enabling low income households to move to high opportunity neighborhoods is one way to promote equity and intergenerational mobility. But some people apparently don’t want anyone to move. Last year, we profiled an experiment in
Why we should enable more people to move to opportunity Read Post »
For many families, the way out of poverty is to move to a better neighborhood A new study shows modest investments in information combined with supportive services can help them make that move. We need
Get Out!: Moving to a new neighborhood to escape poverty Read Post »
An obsession with gentrification obscures the urban problem: concentrated poverty Editor’s Note: We’re again pleased to offer a guest commentary from Akron Planning Director Jason Segedy, who has some keen insights on cities, poverty and neighborhood
Displacement by decline Read Post »
Despite what you may have heard, poverty rates in suburbs are on average half what they are in urban centers There’s a growing chorus about the so-called suburbanization of poverty. A couple of years ago,
Reality check: Poverty rates are much lower in suburbs Read Post »
There’s a hopeful new sign that how we build our cities, and specifically, how good a job we do of building mixed income neighborhoods that are open to everyone can play a key role in
Why mixed-income neighborhoods matter: lifting kids out of poverty Read Post »
