Justice
How to Sell Poor, Inner-City Families on a Life in the Suburbs
This innovative Baltimore program moved thousands of residents to middle class neighborhoods. Most stayed.
If you want to help poor families escape poor neighborhoods, paying them to move isn't always enough. Many studies show that when given the chance, people tend to relocate to similarly disadvantaged, racially segregated areas.
That's historically been the case in Baltimore, too. But thanks to a lawsuit, the city may have developed an easy-to-replicate solution.