Current federal housing policy and the planning approaches of many local governments
focus on the dispersal of subsidized families. There have been, in fact, two generations of …

This article explores whether local institutions matter for controlling neighborhood violence.
Disadvantaged neighborhoods have difficulty attracting and maintaining conventional …

This article tests a conditional effect hypothesis which predicts that the strength and
magnitude of the association between racial composition and crime rates will dissipate with …

This paper empirically examines the disparities over time across six dimensions of poverty
(monetary, education, health, housing, basic services, and durable assets) between ethnic …

Public housing authorities (PHAs) across the country are demolishing and selling off public
housing units. Although some of the units are being replaced in mixed-income …

Population growth and urbanization have resulted in the emergence of mega cities in recent
decades. While compact urban fabrics and high residential density imply intensive …

Concentrated poverty is the organizing framework for much housing policy at the federal and
local levels. This article examines the effect of concentrated poverty on the politics of …

This review evaluates the perception that subsidized housing results in negative
neighborhood impacts by considering four commonly studied putative impacts of subsidized …

Considerable debate exists about the merits of place‐based programs that steer new
development, and particularly affordable housing development, into low‐income …

Recent studies on urban poverty in Canadian cities suggest a growing spatial concentration
of poor populations within metropolitan regions. This article assesses trends in the intra …