Overcrowded housing results as families double-up. Displaced elderly residents must leave communities that feel familiar and safe. Moving costs for relocating to often inferior housing. More time and money spent by displaced people traveling to and from work. What a city or a single jurisdiction can accomplish by itself is limited.
Regionalism can integrate regional decision-making and local control.
Thus, local groups can both maintain an effective voice and operate within a regional resource-sharing structure. Equity-focused Smart Growth Initiatives. Aggressively market the affordable housing that IS available. Encourage opportunity-based affordable housing throughout the metropolitan region . All rights reserved worldwide.