POLICY TOOLBOX

Every community has been impacted by segregation, but different types of communities require different solutions.

 

Take our three minute Community Segregation Survey to see how your community scores.

 

Below are descriptions of the six different community types and a non-exhaustive list of redress policies and programs to prioritize in each. Once you’ve taken the survey, see if the policies and programs listed under your community type feel like a good fit.  

 

EXCLUSIONARY, HIGH OPPORTUNITY

Ex: wealthy majority-white suburbs with highly-rated school systems, high-cost majority-white neighborhoods in cities

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EXCLUSIONARY, LOW OPPORTUNITY

Ex: working-class majority-white suburbs, more rural majority-white areas or small towns with declining populations or few amenities

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INCLUSIONARY, HIGH OPPORTUNITY

Ex: racially integrated suburbs or urban neighborhoods, possibly rural areas too, if they have a stable population and access to resources and amenities

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INCLUSIONARY, LOW OPPORTUNITY

Ex: low-income, majority-Black or -POC urban neighborhoods, inner-suburbs, or small towns suffering from disinvestment and with few amenities.

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TRANSITIONING, GENTRIFYING

Ex: typically urban areas transitioning from inclusionary and low opportunity to exclusionary and high opportunity. 

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TRANSITIONING, DISINVESTMENT

Ex: typically suburban areas transitioning from exclusionary and high opportunity to inclusionary and low opportunity.

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Note: We use the phrase "low opportunity" because it's important to explicitly name the challenges these communities face. However, we know this lack of opportunity is due not to the actions of their residents, but to the decisions and policies of the government and the real estate industry that intentionally starved these communities of investment and opportunity.