In recent years the planning system has encouraged new housingdevelopments in the nation's inner cities that provide both market-rateand low-cost housing. One of the principal aims of this policy is to getlow-income and higher-income families living in the same area.
The policy is based on the concept of "area effects", which argues thathaving areas dominated by families on low incomes compounds the problemsof poverty.
But a new Joseph Rowntree Foundation study raises concerns that these"mixed income communities" are not doing enough for families withchildren.
The study examined four developments in Manchester, Glasgow andLondon.
The foremost finding was that the proportion of families with childrenin privately owned properties was far lower than in the population atlarge. For example, in the Manchester development, 19 per cent ofprivate households had dependent children compared to a city-wideaverage of 27 per cent.
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