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So it's really a legal imperative to build "affordable housing" in "affluent areas" now? That seems like the most un-American thing possible, doesn't it? Property values (and, thus, apartment rent etc.) should be a market function, and one of the last pure ones left.
Integration is a good thing, clearly, but this doesn't change the underlying problems at all - in fact, it might exacerbate them. Instead of changing the area code distribution, let's work on changing the number of minorities who find themselves in the upper reaches of the wealth curve. I suppose there will be ancillary benefit (presumably better education for those who move into the new housing), but that seems like a LOT of work for very marginal gain. Is this even a "baby step" so to speak? Shouldn't we focus on larger issues?
Besides this - is there any evidence that forced integration like this actually works to positive effect?
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