Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Transforming Distressed Public Housing: Acknowledging the Relevance of Race
2 Building Healthy Mixed-Income Developments: Barriers to Neighborhood Health and Sustainability
Commentaries
Investing in Poor Black Neighborhoods "As Is"
Mary Pattillo, Northwestern University
Retail Development in Changing Neighborhoods: New Markets, New Investments, and the Prospects for Mixed-Income, Racially Diverse Populations
Victor Rubin, PolicyLink
Inclusive Communities Financial Institutions: Investing in a More Ambitious Vision for the Future
Elizabeth K. Julian, Inclusive Communities Project
Similar Problems, Different Solutions: Race, Housing, and Renewal in the United Kingdom and the United States
Harris Beider, Coventry University
3 Moving to Neighborhoods of Opportunity: Overcoming Segregation and Discrimination in Today’s Housing Markets
Commentaries
America and Its Black Ghettos
Alexander Polikoff, Business and Professional People for the Public Interest
Housing Mobility Counseling: What’s Missing?
Jennifer Lee O’Neil, Quadel Consulting Corporation
Staying in the ’Hood: Community Relocation as a Centerpiece for the Next Generation of Urban Revitalization
Michael Kelly, DC Housing Authority
The Future of Race-Conscious Goals in National Housing Policy
Philip Tegeler, Poverty and Race Research Action Council
Preserving Public Housing Subsidy: A Call for Maximum Flexibility
Conrad Egan and Jennifer Lavorel, National Housing Conference
4 Progress toward Self-Sufficiency: Challenges Facing Low-Income Minority Workers in Contemporary Labor Markets
Commentaries
Fathers from the Family to the Fringe: Practice, Policy, and Public Housing
Kirk E. Harris, Family Support America
Labor Economics versus "Barriers to Work" versus Human Development: Finding the Right Lens for Looking at Workforce Attachment
Toby Herr and Suzanne L. Wagner, Project Match
The Employment Problems of Black Men in Segregated Urban Areas
Harry J. Holzer, The Urban Institute
5 Overcoming the Legacy of Racial Segregation in Public Housing: Implications for Policy and Practice
Notes
References
About the Authors
Index
