2024-11-23T20:29:43-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/134268383/housing-mobility-vs-america-s-growing-slum-problem Alexander Walter 2015-08-14T15:15:00-04:00 >2015-08-16T12:19:01-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a3/a311fa5cab620cba9bce2ba2858ea3c7?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>If America decides to take on its growing slum problem, people will need to think hard about how to do so. Mobility programs are proven to work for the families who move, but what happens to the neighborhoods that people leave? Can affordable-housing projects in low-income areas also help poor families succeed, or are they doomed to fail their residents, no matter how nice they are, because of where they are located? &nbsp;</p></em><br /><br /><p>Related on Archinect:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/132341095/in-chicago-forming-economically-integrated-suburbs-is-more-complex-than-it-looks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In Chicago, forming economically integrated suburbs is more complex than it looks</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/133584551/abandoned-schools-new-development-opportunities" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Abandoned schools = new development opportunities</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/127597504/nyc-s-public-housing-woes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NYC's public-housing woes</a></li></ul> https://archinect.com/news/article/43952338/using-all-available-means-as-appropriate Nam Henderson 2012-04-05T16:36:00-04:00 >2017-02-09T17:20:26-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/jp/jpe9eu3d454krie6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>&ldquo;This is a major win not just for the county but for the nation,&rdquo; Mr. Astorino, a Republican (ed. and Westchester County executive), said at a news conference. &ldquo;We took a very principled stand against an unwarranted invasion by HUD and the federal government, and the county won.&rdquo;</p></em><br /><br /><p>Peter Applebome examines the news, that&nbsp;Westchester is ahead of schedule in building the 750 affordable homes, required under the terms of a far-reaching affordable housing agreement reached in 2009, with HUD and other federal officials. Currently, 206 units have been approved and of those 196 of have financing in place.</p>