housing opportunity 2014 - in pursuit of the good life: the role of housing in health and wellbeing,...
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The Persistent Problem
of Inequality
Leveraging Housing Policy to Narrow Inequality
Micere Keels • University of Chicago
Urban Land Institute• Housing Opportunity 2014 Conference
May 14-16, 2014 Denver, Colorado
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Links between inequality & health
• Widening inequality makes the overall society sicker
• A country’s overall economic success does predict people’s well-being, but among industrialized nations, the healthiest and happiest countries are not the richest. Rather, they are countries where wealth is shared widely and more equally.
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http://inequality.org/inequality-health/
Infant Mortality is Higher in More Unequal Countries
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http://inequality.org/inequality-health/
Life Expectancy is Lower in More Unequal Countries
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Housing & Housing Policy
Housing & Housing Policy
Cognitive Functioning &
Health
Cognitive Functioning &
Health
Educational & Occupational
Outcomes
Educational & Occupational
Outcomes
Economically Integrated
Schools
Economically Integrated
Schools
Reducing Intergenerational Poverty
Economically Integrated Neighborhoods
Economically Integrated Neighborhoods
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Economically integrated neighborhoods and schools promotes sharing of high quality public resources narrowing inequality in the next generation
Finding Common Ground report
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A Housing Mobility Experiment
• Moving to Opportunity
• Positively affected health
• Little effect on income and education
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A Natural Experiment: Back To The City Movement
However,
32% child poverty 70% Free/Reduced Lunch
in the city in the public schools
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Economically Integrated Urban Communities
Economic Mobility For Low Income Families• Leveraging the return to cities movement to reduce
inequality• Share physical space but not social resources– E.g., in most large cities housing policy is no longer
school policy– School choice allows middle-income families to
choose the urban neighborhood they want and opt out of the low performing neighborhood school
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Without purposeful action urban renewal will not lead to economically integrated social institutions and reductions in intergenerational poverty
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Purpose Built Communities
• Local community led holistic change
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Urban Strategies
• Aligning physical revitalization with human capital revitalization
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StriveTogether• Using data to drive collective decision making and
action
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