Evidence for the negative effects of segregation and concentrated poverty in America's cities now exists in abundance; poor and underrepresented communities in segregated urban housing markets suffer diminished outcomes in education, economic mobility, political participation, and physical and psychological health. Though many of the aggravating factors underlying this inequity have persisted or even grown worse in recent decades, the level of energy and attention devoted to them by local and national policymakers has ebbed significantly from that which inspired the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1960s.Marking 50 years since the passage of the Fair Housing and Civil Rights Acts, Facing Segregation both builds on and departs from two generations of scholarship on urban development and inequality. Authors provide historical context for patterns of segregation in the United States and present arguments for bold new policy actions ranging from local innovations to national initiatives. The volume refocuses attention on achievable solutions by providing not only an overview of this timely subject, but a roadmap forward as the twenty-first century assesses the successes and failures of the housing policies inherited from the twentieth. Rather than introducing new theories or empirical data sets describing the urban landscape, Metzger and Webber have gathered the field's first collection of prescriptions for what ought to be done.

Part I: Facing the Causes and Consequences of SegregationChapter 1: Segregation: A Threat to Americans' Shared GoalsMolly W. Metzger and Henry S. WebberChapter 2: De Facto Segregation: A National MythRichard RothsteinChapter 3: The Siting Dilemma: Race and the Location of Federal Housing ProjectsLance FreemanChapter 4: The Enduring Significance of SegregationJason Q. PurnellPart II: The Policy AgendaChapter 5: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing and the Inclusive Communities Project Case: Bringing the Fair Housing Act into the Twenty-First CenturyPhilip D. TegelerChapter 6: Enabling More Families with Housing Vouchers to Access Higher-Opportunity NeighborhoodsBarbara SardChapter 7: The Community Reinvestment Act as a Catalyst for Integration and an Antidote to Concentrated PovertyJohn Taylor and Josh SilverChapter 8: Promoting Poverty Deconcentration and Racial Desegregation Through Mixed-Income DevelopmentMark L. JosephChapter 9: Market-Savvy Housing and Community Development Policy: Grappling with the Equity-Efficiency Trade-OffTodd SwanstromChapter 10: Financing Affordability: Tax Increment Financing and the Potential for Concentrated ReinvestmentSarah L. CoffinChapter 11: Beyond Education Triage: Building Brain Regimes in Metropolitan AmericaWilliam F. Tate IVChapter 12: Concluding Thoughts on an Agenda for Solving SegregationHenry S. Webber and Molly W. Metzger