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In the ninth episode at CBUS Next, we talk about affordable housing in the Columbus region, low-income renters, and the need for a new rental assistance-funding program. We also discuss the importance of housing, and how its sustainability is a key platform for people to succeed in life. https://omny.fm/shows/cbus-next/is-affordable-housing-in-columbus
Breaking Down Barriers: Housing, Neighborhoods, and Schools of Opportunity, in Insights into Housing and Community Development Policy, published by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, is about how high-poverty schools face many barriers to success and that communities should encourage various strategies that enable low-income students to live in lower-poverty neighborhoods while also revitalizing central city neighborhoods.
Here is the link to this article: HUD--Breaking Down Barriers
Some neighborhoods in the ZIP codes where housing subsidies are increasing have high concentrations of people with low-income jobs, according to the research done for the Dispatch series “Dividing Lines” in March. The series highlighted the increasing concentration of wealth and poverty in the region.
