“Should federal dollars go toward affordable housing within high-poverty neighborhoods, or should subsidies be used to move residents of impoverished communities into more upscale – and more resistant — sections of cities and suburbs with better schools and job opportunities?”
This issue is gaining more and more momentum since the Supreme Court ruling. It’s an important discussion, which also impacts people with special needs. I can’t help but think that we should be doing both – fostering integration of higher socioeconomic neighborhoods as well as improving inner city neighborhoods. One critical issue, of course, is getting those higher socioeconomic neighborhoods to accept low income and special needs housing. A few ACL members are currently engaged in legal disputes in just such neighborhoods where local zoning boards used questionable practices to ensure that the projects would not succeed. These providers could walk away and look elsewhere, however, they believe that an important fundamental principle is involved and walking away will not propel those communities or our society forward. Others fight resistance to their projects in high poverty areas as well.
A few of these providers will be at the ACLAIMH annual conference to talk about the status of their cases and their experiences, in both high and low income areas.
Watch your inboxes for registration information soon and SAVE THE DATES – November 4 – 6th.
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