Mixed-Income Developments

Authors

Mark L. Joseph, Case Western Reserve UniversityFollow
Miyoung Yoon, Case Western Reserve University

Author ORCID Identifier

Mark L. Joseph

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1-2016

Abstract

A mixed-income development can be defined as a complex with housing and other amenities such as parks, schools and community centers that has the mixing of income groups as a fundamental part of its financial and operating plan. Mixed-income development is a housing policy that has been implemented in the U.S. and around the world to deconcentrate poverty, particularly in public housing developments. Mixed-income development engages private real estate developers to produce public housing and thus exemplifies the shift in the 1990s to a neoliberal approach to urban development and other social services. Mixed-income development has proven to be an extremely complex endeavor that has successfully promoted physical transformation and neighborhood revitalization but has failed to achieve social cohesion and integration or economic mobility for low-income residents.

Keywords

mixed-income housing, public housing, gentrification, poverty, community development, urban

Publication Title

The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies

Rights

© 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Recommended Citation

Orum, A.M., Joseph, M.L. and Yoon, M. (2024). Mixed-Income Developments. In The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies, A.M. Orum (Ed.). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118568446.eurs0205