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"Low income housing raises crime." Help me out comrads (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago by RedWizard@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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Some chud keeps speaking at public comment against low-income housing at my town council meetings. I know that the underlying issue is that governments concentrate LIHTCs in the same places, compounding issues that arrive from concentrated poverty. So I'm looking for good sources for that. Its also clear that when you spread LIHTCs out and into high opportunity areas, those areas are benefited instead of harmed.

I have some sources on the matter but I wanted to see if you comrades had any additional resources.

Thanks in advance!

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[–] blight@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People who live in low income housing are poor.
Poor people do crime.

Hmm I wonder if there are any commonalities here, must be the housing I guess, nothing else matches there.

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

I know, right? Thankfully, our town is very liberal, and this guy and his notions on crime are basically going to go unheard, but I'm not interested in letting a house flipper get the last word on LIHTCs if I can help it.

[–] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

building make crime

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

Since I'm getting plenty of votes but not many comments, I'll drop some sources I've found myself here:

The Impact of Supportive Housing on Neighborhood Crime Rates: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-9906.00128?needAccess=true
Public Housing Transformation and Crime - Making the Case for Responsible Relocation: https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/25181/412523-Public-Housing-Transformation-and-Crime-Making-the-Case-for-Responsible-Relocation.PDF
"Don't Put it Here!" Does Affordable Housing Cause Nearby Property Values to Decline: https://furmancenter.org/files/media/Dont_Put_It_Here.pdf
Do Affordable Housing Projects Harm Suburban Communities? Crime, Property Values, and Taxes in Mount Laurel, NJ: https://oar.princeton.edu/jspui/bitstream/88435/pr17n0b/1/nihms768473.pdf
Myths and Realities about Public Housing: https://nlihc.org/resource/myths-and-realities-about-public-housing
Affordable housing decreases crime, increases property values: https://socialecology.uci.edu/news/affordable-housing-decreases-crime-increases-property-values
THE IMPACT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON HOUSING & CRIME IN ORANGE COUNTY: https://cpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.uci.edu/dist/5/4337/files/2021/03/LCL-22-Impact-Study.pdf

[–] ikilledtheradiostar@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

Actually skyscrapers cause crime