What i t is j justice ce?
“Death a and Life” Demographi phics cs a are d destiny: c chang nging ng, shrink nking ng househo eholds ds
“Death a and Life” Demographics are destiny: changing, shrinking households 2010-30: 2010 30: 7 75-80% of of n new h hou ousehold lds w will b ill be sin ingle les or or cou ouple les
Learning to talk about justice and equity… • What is justice?
The 2008 Crash pulled the veneer away and uncovered rapid suburban changes…and rapidly growing poverty The Villages, FL
Traditional single-family market— The US is under-supplied 35% two parents with kids—is shrinking with multifamily housing 100% 100% 65% Adult s t singles 80% 80% and c couples es 16% 2020 29% 32% 60% 60% Singl gle p e paren ent w/ c children en 40% 40% 71% 68% Tw Two parents ts 20% 20% w/ c children en 1992 2010 1973 0 2015 2015 2025 2025 1970 1970 1970 1970 2015 2015 2025 2025
More affluent households College-educated 26 to 49-year- are moving to cities olds are moving to cities Less than 4 More than 4 2000-2016 years of college years of college
% increase in people living in poverty 2000-2015 Urban Suburban Rural 22% 60% 24% Brookings: in 2015… • 43.1 million people (or 13.5 percent of the population) were poor • 5.8 million higher than before the recession began in 2007 • 11.5 million more than in 2000.
1960-2016: Substantial growth in Black/White wealth gap
2000-2016 Urban success = growth in high wage jobs
2000-2016 Urban success = suburbanization of poverty
2000-2016 Suburbanization of poverty = concentrated poverty
Today urban neighborhoods are gentrifying Poverty is concentrating in suburban neighborhoods
What h has COVID-19 taught us about t how we can c create a a more j just futu ture?
Myth: People are fleeing density due to Covid-19
From Johns “planners should continue to Hopkins: practice and advocate for compact places rather than sprawling ones, due to the myriad well-established benefits…including health”
30% 2010-2016 Population Growth: 20% Large Metro Area All adults 25- Close-in Urban All adults 35 with 4+ over 25 4+ years higher Neighborhoods with years education higher 10% education All adlts over 25
2010-2016 Population Growth Large Metro Area Close-in Urban Neighborhoods
What i t is succe ccessfu ful mixed-incom ome h e hou ousing? g?
Mixed-income housing is about diverse neighborhoods One C ne Charles estown, Boston
Workforce r e readines ess and t train ainin ing Mixed ed h housing f g for fam amili lies, s senior iors, mille illennia ials ls... Subsidized a and market-rate te r renta tal units i inter terchangea eable…a e…and mixe xed-income h e housing Public ic s spac ace p prog ogram ammed and d design gned ed to to invite e inclu in lusivit ity Diver erse e mix o of r ret etail—fr from C CVS to b bike r rep epair a and including n g non-profi fit f fres esh f food to to chef-own wned ed One C ne Charles estown, Boston resta taurants, c cafés
Ho How do w we create e public places es that everyon one e calls “mine”? e”?
Inclusive public space is about proactively inviting diversity
Inclusive public space is about proactively inviting diversity
Ho How do w we make a e a meaningful differ eren ence e toward expand nding e economic oppo portunity?
300% The G Grea eat P t Prosper erity The G Grea eat D t Disparity 1947-79 1947 79 1980 1980-today ay Jobs alone are Productivity NOT the answer 200% Wages Wa 100% 1950 1980 2010
More than 53 million people, or 44% of all workers ages 18 to 64 in the Jobs alone are NOT the answer United States, earn low hourly wages. More than half (56%) are in their prime working years of 25-50, and this age group is also the most likely to be raising children (43%).
Sharing the Urban Dividend…
Sharing the Urban Dividend… South Bay, Boston
35% MWBE c E contracti ting a g and h hiring Workforce h e housing Funding j job t training, w workforce r e readines ess …and j job t training…p g…partner erships Entrep epren eneu eurship I Institute Supporti ting g small retail s start u t ups Brooklyn oklyn V Villa lage, Charlot lotte
A large majority of residents in New No high High Technical training or Orleans’ Livable school school 2 years of higher ed Claiborne Corridor qualify for about 0 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% one third of all the good jobs available in New Orleans College 2 No high High Technical training or Two more years of school school 2 years of higher ed education would increase this share 0 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% to roughly 85%
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