This article synthesizes findings from a wide range of empirical research into how neighborhoods
affect families and children. It lays out a conceptual framework for understanding how …

The Housing Choice Voucher Program provides assistance to approximately 2.2 million
households each year, making it the largest low-income housing subsidy program managed by …

This article explores the possible causal pathways through which neighborhoods might affect
health and then reviews the existing evidence. Although methodological issues make the …

The first part of this book presents a fresh and encouraging report on the state of racial
integration in America's neighborhoods. It shows that while the majority are indeed racially …

As the national mortgage crisis has worsened, an increasing number of communities are
facing declining housing prices and high rates of foreclosure. Central to the call for government …

This article presents a broad empirical overview of the extent of racial integration in the
contemporary United States. It begins with a discussion of how to measure stable racial …

This paper examines whether the economic gains experienced by low-income neighborhoods
in the 1990s followed patterns of classic gentrification (as frequently assumed) — that is, …

The mortgage foreclosure crisis has generated increasing concerns about the effects of
foreclosed properties on their surrounding neighborhoods, and on criminal activity in particular. …

Prior research has provided little evidence that subsidized housing investments generate
significant external benefits to their neighborhoods. This paper revisits the external effects of …

This article examines the effect of exposure to violent crime on students’ standardized test
performance among a sample of students in New York City public schools. To identify the …