The End of Policing
Even if we did nothing to make the voucher program more cost-effective, we still could afford to offer this crucial benefit to all low-income families in America. In 2013, the Bipartisan Policy Center estimated that expanding housing vouchers to all renting families below the 30th percentile in median income for their area would require an addition
... See moreMatthew Desmond • Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
We at the Veterans’ Administration historically offered [medical] treatment but the veterans don’t [typically] get housing, you don’t get jobs, you don’t get family support. We had the model totally backward. Without a safe, affordable place to live and without something meaningful to do with our day, the carousel is going to keep going round and r
... See moreElizabeth Bradley • The American Health Care Paradox: Why Spending More is Getting Us Less
Oscar Newman’s 1972 book Defensible Space: Crime Prevention through Urban Design is widely credited for illustrating how the design of public housing influenced criminal opportunity.18 Newman focused his case studies on NYC public housing complexes, where, he pointed out, robbery rates were much greater in high-rise buildings, even when the actual
... See moreJohn MacDonald • Changing Places: The Science and Art of New Urban Planning
