Reading for Tomorrow:
-NYC pays poor for good conduct, with mixed results
-Is Chicago's 'Transformed' Cabrini-Green 'Too Good for Poor People'?
-His Dream: A Las Vegas without Public Housing
(you can skim the first half and start reading under the "What Can Be Done?" sub-heading)
Other Interesting Links:
-MSNBC and the NYTimes both profile the rise and fall of public housing in Atlanta -- which was the first city to open a major public housing development and now is the first to get rid of all of them.
-Underscoring the problems with measurement of poverty, NYC has seen poverty increase under a new, better, measure they're testing out while it fell under the official measure.
-One city in Utah has closed their homeless shelter, hoping to stop the influx of homeless people into their town. Instead, they'll offer subsidized housing that requires a down payment.
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