By Cortlynn Stark, Kansas City Star
[…]
In January 2019, the Poverty & Race Research Action Council published a report about where families with children use housing vouchers in the 50 largest metropolitan areas.
According to the nonprofit, the census tract showed Nob Hill apartments is located in an area with a poverty rate of 35% and a 60% share of people of color.
Housing vouchers in Kansas City are concentrated in high poverty areas (with more than 30% living in poverty) and in areas of the city with a greater diverse population.
In the Kansas City metro, just 9% of voucher- assisted families are placed in high-opportunity neighborhoods.
And according to that study, 55% of low-income renter households of color are in minority-concentrated areas.
“There’s a history of government-supported segregation throughout the United States,” said Phil Tegeler, president of Poverty & Race Research Action Council. “The problem today is we have a lot of policies that perpetuate those kinds of segregation. It’s very hard to undo.”
