Housing: Mixed-Income Housing Developments

A mixed-income housing development is defined as a publicly subsidized multifamily rental housing development, in which the deliberate mixing of income groups is a fundamental part of the development’s operating and financial plans.

• A portion of a development’s units must be reserved for, and made affordable to, households whose incomes are at least below 60% of the area median.
• These developments must exist within poverty neighborhoods (where more than 20% of households have income below the federal poverty level).

Summary of Task Force Recommendations & Findings

The Community Preventive Services Task Force finds insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of mixed-income housing developments in increasing residential stability, increasing physical or mental health status, or increasing community cohesion and civic engagement because no studies qualified for review.

Task Force Finding

 

These findings were based on a systematic review of all available studies, conducted on behalf of the Task Force by a team of specialists in systematic review methods, and in research, practice and policy related to the social environment.

Economic Review

An economic review of this intervention was not conducted because the Task Force found insufficient evidence to determine its effectiveness.

Supporting Materials

• Analytic framework [PDF - 2.90MB]- See Figure 1 on page 51
• Research gaps
• Summary evidence tables [PDF - 212KB]
• Search strategy

Publications

Anderson LM, Charles J, Fullilove MT, et al. Providing affordable family housing and reducing residential segregation by income: a systematic review. [PDF - 731KB] Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3S):S47-67.

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to promote healthy social environments. [PDF - 72KB] Am J Prev Med 2003;2003;24(3S):S21-4.

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. The social environment. [PDF - 386KB] In : Zaza S, Briss PA, Harris KW, eds. The Guide to Community Preventive Services: What Works to Promote Health? Atlanta (GA): Oxford University Press;2005:329-84.

More Community Guide publications about Promoting Health Through the Social Environment

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Sample Citation

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Review completed: October 2000