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Evidence Matters Features Mixed-Income Communities

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June 12, 2013  

Evidence Matters Features Mixed-Income Communities

The Spring 2013 issue of Evidence Matters: Transforming Knowledge Into Housing and Community Development Policy, focusing on mixed-income communities, is now available. Former PD&R Deputy Assistant Secretary Erika Poethig provides the context for this issue, which discusses the evolution of mixed-income strategies as a pathway toward upward mobility, as well as outcomes for residents of mixed-income communities. The issue also includes insights from ethnographic studies of mixed-income neighborhoods and examines inclusionary zoning programs in New York City and Chicago, and their role in promoting mixed-income communities.

 

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Key Findings

  • Mixed-income strategies have become increasingly important as the United States confronts growing income equality and residential segregation by income.
     

  • Various factors, including income and tenure mix, design, location, amenities, access to services, and property management, are critical to building successful mixed-income developments.
     

  • Relocated low-income residents living in mixed-income communities praise their new living spaces and environments; higher-income residents tend to cite their communities’ locations.
     

  • The ideal of inclusive, cross-class interaction in mixed-income communities is often undermined by the enforcement of social order, including management actions that restrict social gatherings in public spaces and rules relating to housekeeping and noise levels.
     

  • Inclusionary zoning programs vary in their structure; they can be mandatory or voluntary and have different set-aside requirements, affordability levels, and control periods. Most inclusionary programs offer developers incentives, such as density bonuses, expedited approvals, and fee waivers.
     

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