Does the paper cote the percentage of the population in the two cities that qualify as "extremely low incomes"? Looks like nationwide this is 9%, though it may differ in specific metros.
While I personally think the outcomes experienced by very low income households are of particular importance, it feels important to contextualize that this difference is being felt by a very narrow band of the population (in addition to being a very fixable problem through cash subsides as you say)
"Generally speaking, however, red state cities have an easier path to better comprehensive housing policies."
If blue states already have good housing subsidies in place, then the only thing needed is to allow more housing to be built by the private sector. Is it just that NIMBYs have historically been so powerful that we think this is easier than convincing red states to become more blue?
That could have been phrased more clearly. Politics notwithstanding, it will take Boston many years and many thousands of units to begin to align housing supply and demand. If Houston got 10,000 more housing vouchers, it could quickly and economically put them to use in its tenant-friendly market.
Does the paper cote the percentage of the population in the two cities that qualify as "extremely low incomes"? Looks like nationwide this is 9%, though it may differ in specific metros.
While I personally think the outcomes experienced by very low income households are of particular importance, it feels important to contextualize that this difference is being felt by a very narrow band of the population (in addition to being a very fixable problem through cash subsides as you say)
"Extremely low income" typically refers to people in the bottom 30% of the income distribution, and that's how it's defined in this report.
I'm not sure that I'm following this:
"Generally speaking, however, red state cities have an easier path to better comprehensive housing policies."
If blue states already have good housing subsidies in place, then the only thing needed is to allow more housing to be built by the private sector. Is it just that NIMBYs have historically been so powerful that we think this is easier than convincing red states to become more blue?
That could have been phrased more clearly. Politics notwithstanding, it will take Boston many years and many thousands of units to begin to align housing supply and demand. If Houston got 10,000 more housing vouchers, it could quickly and economically put them to use in its tenant-friendly market.
Got it, makes sense.