Neighborhoods matter. As Vox’s Dylan Matthews reported, researchers Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, and Lawrence Katz found in 2016 that moving to a wealthier neighborhood not only increased the likelihood that kids would go to college, but also increased earnings by roughly 31 percent by the time they’d reached their mid-20s.

Part of what has kept Kennetha out of living in Franklin is exclusionary zoning. Single-family zoning, which means it’s illegal to build anything other than single-family homes, is prevalent in the suburb. Single-family homes are more expensive than apartments, townhomes, or duplexes, and that makes rent costly, too. Houses in Franklin go for an average price of $550,000, far above the average in Nashville of $335,000.

Lawmakers say HUD is complicit in ‘inhumane’ conditions at Hartford housing project, Rebecca Lurye, Hartford Courant, March 11, 2019, available here

HUD to relocate residents from a third Hartford apartment complex due to substandard conditions, Rebecca Lurye, Hartford Courant, February 13, 2019, available here

Taking on Class and Racial Discrimination in Housing, Richard Kahlenberg, The American Prospect, August 2, 2018, available here

Low-income D.C. tenants petition Congress to spurn Ben Carson’s plan to raise rents for America’s poorest, Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, June 26, 2018, available here

Trump Administration Killed A Housing Discrimination Rule. Some Cities Are Following It Anyway., Eleanor Goldberg, HuffPost, June 1, 2018, available here

‘The 100th Nail in the Coffin’ for Integration in Westchester County, Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, August 1, 2017, available here

Under Trump Party Planner, HUD Abruptly Ends Obama's Battle Against Segregation in Westchester, Henry Grabar, Slate, July 19, 2017, available here

Fair Housing Still Has a Chance Under Trump, Jake Blumgart, Slate, March 14, 2017, available here

How Republicans want to roll back Obama's fair housing legacy — and then some, Alvin Chang, Vox, February 17, 2017, available here