Community Preferences and Fair Housing

Research & Policy | November 10th 2015

The lastest discussion on The Dream Revisited, Community Preferences and Fair Housing, debates the extent to which preferences for neighborhood residents in accessing new affordable housing promote or betray the goal of truly inclusionary communities.

Essays in the latest discussion include:

The Dream Revisited is the NYU Furman Center's ongoing “slow debate” on the causes and consequences of racial and economic segregation in neighborhoods and schools. This marks the 17th discussion in the series. Past discussions have explored the poor door debate, implicit bias, place-based affirmative action, gentrification, and economic segregation in schools. 

Share your questions and reactions to the essays on Twitter via the hashtag #TheDreamRevisited.

The Dream Revisited is supported in part by a grant from the Open Society Foundations. If you have any comments or suggestions for future discussions, send us an email to sm4901@nyu.com.

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