Table of Contents

Social Equity and Siting Affordable Housing in Shrinking Cities;

Present-Day Detroit;

Present-Day New Orleans;

Present-Day Cleveland;

Present-Day Pittsburgh;

Present-Day Buffalo;

Lessons Learned and Recommendations for Siting Affordable Housing.

About the Author

Robert Mark Silverman is a Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University at Buffalo. His research focuses on community development, the nonprofit sector, community-based organizations, education reform, and inequality in inner city housing markets.

Kelly L. Patterson is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo. Her research focuses on rent vouchers, fair housing, discrimination, social policy, and the African American experience.

Li Yin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University at Buffalo. Her research focuses on practical applications of spatial models and simulation methods in planning.

Molly Ranahan is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University at Buffalo. Her research focuses on aging and housing needs across the life course in LGBT communities.

Laiyun Wu is a doctoral student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University at Buffalo. His research focuses on the application of spatial modelling and GIS analysis to planning.

Reviews

"In their analysis of five shrinking cities, the authors offer important lessons for institutionalizing more equitable planning processes and siting affordable housing to locate poorer residents in neighborhoods of opportunity." Dennis Keating, Professor of Urban Studies, Cleveland State University