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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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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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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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