Moving to Opportunity provides a unique account of one of the largest housing experiments in history and its effects on lives of the children and families who participated. As the authors make clear, MTO is a uniquely American experiment, and this book brings home its lessons for advocates,...

Cover Page -- Housing Desegregation and Federal Policy -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Section I Perspectives on Housing Integration -- Introduction -- Chapter One The Movement for Housing Integration -- Chapter Two A Minority Perspective on Residential...

A paper presented at the February 2002 conference quot;Policies to Promote Affordable Housing,quot; cosponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and New York University's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s(HUD) Moving to Opportunity for Fair HousingDemonstration, or MTO, is a large, federally funded socialexperiment designed to test whether improved neighborhoodopportunities may significantly affect the life chances of lowincomepublic...