Vox, May 2, 2016: Study: adding low-income housing to poor neighborhoods lowers crime and boosts property values
“Except a study from Rebecca Diamond and Timothy McQuade of Stanford Business School finds that fear of building low-income housing in poor neighborhoods is entirely misplaced. People think it will further exacerbate the difficulties of neighborhoods already saddled with difficulties, but the data shows otherwise. Crime rates fall and property values rise when subsidized housing is built in a poor neighborhood.”