Does mixed-income housing policies actually accomplish much in the US? Seems like there would be a severe supply/demand mismatch since there are more low than high-income roles in a typical economy
You get a small fraction of the low-income population winning a lottery basically
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Yes, this is obviously true, but right now this represents the most that housing advocacy groups can do right now. There doesn’t seem to be the political will for more effective (but disruptive) solutions in most cities here.
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I don’t understand your comment. How politically engaged can somebody without stable housing be? Addressing housing insecurity is political.
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It worked pretty well in Toronto in the 1970s and 80s, especially the St. Lawrence neighbourhood. Former mayor of Toronto, John Sewell, has written about it. Modern-day amalgamated Toronto is too dysfunctional to do it.
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Interesting point, but it has a lot to do with emergent effects and spatial effects: geography, impact on school districts, voting, retail, quality of infrastructure and parks installed & maintained. Also: All housing not the same SF & lot size.
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One of the big problems is the lack of funding for section 8 housing. Much like with Medicaid before the ACA, there are long waiting lists to receive housing assistance in most states.
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