A city allowed a new shiny expensive apartment tower to be built, and through six levels of moving chain, a mother got to move out of a shelter into her own cheaper apartment, and regained custody of her son.
More Housing, Faster. So kids get out of foster care and back to their moms.
@geographyjim.bsky.socialyoutu.be/QQYMUMTI7fk?... Economic research shows that building new market-rate homes can start chains of moves that ultimately free up much cheaper ones. Here, Pew trace a real-life chain starting with a luxury building and ending with a low-income family being able to reunite in a home of their own
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Building More Housing Creates 'Moving Chains' of Affordability
YouTube video by Pew
