Where Should a Poor Family Live?

Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times, Aug. 5, 2015, available here

If its goal is to move up the ladder, where should a poor family live? Should federal dollars go toward affordable housing within high-poverty neighborhoods, or should subsidies be used to move residents of impoverished communities into more upscale – and more resistant — sections of cities and suburbs with better schools and job opportunities?

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