The importance of high-resource neighborhoods

The Dean of Literary Journalism, Malcolm Gladwell, has a piece in the latest New Yorker, Starting Over, that explores what happened to families and individuals who were forced to leave New Orleans after Katrina. We just observed the tenth anniversary of that awful storm, and the story contains some surprising observations. This is some of …

It’s cheaper to house the homeless than to ignore them

The great Malcolm Gladwell said that back in 2006 with his pivotal New Yorker piece, “Million Dollar Murray.” Candy sends this along, a piece from ThinkProgess, from back in May: Leaving Homeless Person On the Streets: $31,065. Giving Them Housing: $10,051. We made that video at Partnership for Strong Communities, where I’m a consultant. We …