Like cities across the country, Baltimore for decades concentrated subsidized housing into areas that becameracially segregated, even if they hadn’t started out that way. Lawsuits have been filed, housing mobility programs have started. The segregation remains.
The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, is now considering a change that would allow more flexibility in where people who hold public housing vouchers can live. Voucher holders now concentrated in the city could move to the suburbs. With Sheilah on the line from HUD to talk about it is Kathy O’Regan, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at HUD.