“The Architecture of Segregation”(editorial, Sept. 6), rightly argues that the department of Housing and Urban Development must create policies to ensure that more affordable homes are built in wealthy neighborhoods, in order to promote fair housing choice, and avoid housing discrimination and racial segregation. According to the editorial board of the New York Times, federally subsidized housing for low-income citizens, which might seem to be a good thing, is disproportionately built in poor areas with underperforming schools, infrastructures and limited opportunity (1). However, this solution to fair housing fails to address the negative consequences that creating inexpensive homes in affluent neighborhoods will have on both individuals…show more content… Creating policies to ensure that more affordable homes are built in wealthy communities, is a way to rescue impoverished families (which consists of one in four of the black poor, one in six of the Hispanic poor, and one in thirteen of the white poor) in America, from their isolated inner city locations, and move them to wealthier suburbs and exurbs where all the good jobs, public transportation, schools are. But the major problem with this plan is that one cannot change a Zebra’s stripes just by placing it in a different location. Yes, this will create more diversified neighborhoods, but at what cost? Moving people into more expensive surroundings that they are unable to afford, in the name of “diversification” would not make them wealthy overnight, it will only result to high living costs for these individuals. How about promoting the idea of community and fixing up these areas that are said to have poor schools, unsafe parks and lesser opportunities? Distributing the problems to other neighborhoods that have invested in their schools, parks and other amenities would only expand the issue on