Uploaded May 2015 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
New research from The George Washington University & LOCUS confirms that walkable urban places are the highest economic performing places in many metropolitan areas. However, increasingly these compact, walkable urban places and neighborhoods are only affordable to high-earning individuals.
How do we resolve the tricky social equity issues around development in high performing places and neighborhoods? How can we bring this development that benefits all residents in currently lower performing places and neighborhoods? The former is about bringing attainable housing to transit and job-rich walkable urban places and the latter is about bringing economic development to distressed places without displacement. How do we navigate the challenges in financing and building the types of places and neighborhoods that perform so well?
New research from The George Washington University & LOCUS confirms that walkable urban places are the highest economic performing places in many metropolitan areas. However, increasingly these compact, walkable urban places and neighborhoods are only affordable to high-earning individuals.
How do we resolve the tricky social equity issues around development in high performing places and neighborhoods? How can we bring this development that benefits all residents in currently lower performing places and neighborhoods? The former is about bringing attainable housing to transit and job-rich walkable urban places and the latter is about bringing economic development to distressed places without displacement. How do we navigate the challenges in financing and building the types of places and neighborhoods that perform so well?
