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Affordable housing in black neighbourhoods can lead to greater racial and income integration: study
Published Fri, Jul 7, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Washington
DESPITE the lawsuits, media spotlight, and conventional wisdom, affordable housing developments built in poor, heavily black communities can lead to greater racial and income integration, according to new research by Stanford economists.
Such housing, funded by federal tax credits, also raises property values and lowers crime in surrounding neighbourhoods as higher-income white residents move in, the researchers found.
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