ABSTRACT
Locational choice frequently make no distinction between the low- and moderate-income sectors of the population, even though most of the relevant arguments do not apply with equal force to both groups. Until quite, major low-income housing battles in the United States focused primarily on a single objective for poor families–safe and sanitary shelter. Low-income housing would go to many persons who do have an employment problem. Moderate-income families by contrast can afford decent accommodations but not a new home. With low- and moderate-income families migrating to the cities at the same time that jobs are migrating to the suburbs, it is alleged that an increasing number of inner-city residents are finding themselves denied effective access to employment in the growth areas. Evidence of the serious consequences of mismatch between jobs and housing is said to be found in the high rates of unemployment in the inner city.
