[emathias]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ Problem is, in a ward-specific world, it's a problem.

Racist Rosa doesn't care that there are about 120 square miles of affordable housing in Chicago. He just doesn't like that his ward is seeing an influx of white people. So he is being a prick about it.

If it wasn't a system controlled by local Aldermen, it seems like it might make more sense to charge a tax dedicated to extra policing in high crime areas than to force construction if arbitrarily below market housing.. That's the biggest reason some people are unwilling to consider some of the cheapest housing options since it's not really a good value of you have low rent but always worry about stray bullets. If the crime issue were better dealt with then not only would there be more willingness if court residents to move into those neighborhoods, but maybe even some inner ring suburbanites. And if the crime problem declined to New York levels, the money could be shifted to schools or even public daycare in those areas to support education for lower income families.