Thriving Communities

For decades, deeply entrenched policies have made Greater St. Louis one of the most segregated metropolitan areas in the United States. A new briefing book offers policy options for change.

Murphy, L., Cooper, S., & Beckham, R. (2023, February). Linkage fees: A vehicle for financing affordable housing (CSD Policy Brief No. 23-11). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/r0g8-kr48

Alzhrani, A., Kiefer, B., Kim, D.-Y., & Eissner, G. (2023, February). Advancing racial equity through community land trusts (CSD Policy Brief No. 23-10). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/hyr6-3569

Borland, O., Kohlstruk, C., & Owens, L. (2023, February). Zoning: Issues and reform (CSD Policy Brief No. 23-09). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/9bav-8t27

Al Hammam, F., Haden, J., Logan-Wood, L., & Roeder, J. (2023, February). Racially restrictive covenants: A story of segregation, disinvestment, and lingering implications (CSD Policy Brief No. 23-08). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/fshc-6755

Metzger, M. (Ed.). (2023, February). Welcome home: A policy briefing book for housing opportunity in St. Louis County (CSD Research Summary No. 23-07). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/q9c7-3n13

McLaughlin, M., & Rank, M. R. (2018). Estimating the economic cost of childhood poverty in the United States. Social Work Research, 42(2), 73–83. doi:10.1093/swr/svy007

Tate, W. F., IV. (2019, August). Who will help children? Building brain regimes (CSD Perspective No. 19-30). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/362f-yk84

Metzger, M. W., & Oliphant, J. E. (2019). “I didn’t really want to leave”: A case study of public housing relocation under pressure. Critical Social Work,18(1).

Webber, H. S. (2019, May). Segregation and a path forward to inclusion in St. Louis (CSD Perspective No. 19-25). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/1s4r-0929

Metzger, M. W., Bender, A., Flowers, A., Murugan, V., & Ravindranath, D. (2019). Step by step: Section 8 tenant accounts of searching for quality housing. Journal of Community Practice, 27(1), 31–44. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2019.1580653

Metzger, M. W., & Webber, H. S. (Eds.). (2018). Facing segregation: Housing policy solutions for a stronger society. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Sherraden, M. (2018). Foreword. In M. W. Metzger & H. S. Webber (Eds.), Facing segregation: Housing policy solutions for a stronger society (pp. ix–xi). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Metzger, M. W., & Webber, H. S. (2018). Segregation: A threat to Americans’ shared goals. In M. W. Metzger & H. S. Webber (Eds.), Facing segregation: Housing policy solutions for a stronger society (pp. 3–14). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Purnell, J. Q. (2018). The enduring significance of segregation. In M. W. Metzger & H. S. Webber (Eds.), Facing segregation: Housing policy solutions for a stronger society (pp. 58–74). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Webber, H. S., & Metzger, M. W. (2018). Concluding thoughts on an agenda for solving segregation. In M. W. Metzger & H. S. Webber (Eds.), Facing segregation: Housing policy solutions for a stronger society (pp. 233–242). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

McLaughlin, M., & Rank, M. R. (2018). Impact of federal transfers upon US infant mortality rates: a secondary analysis using a fixed effects regression approach. BMJ Open, 8, e021533. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021533

Metzger, M. W., Fowler, P. J., & Swanstrom, T. (2018). Hypermobility and educational outcomes: The case of St. Louis. Urban Education, 53(6), 774–805. doi:10.1177/0042085916682571

McLaughlin, M., & Rank, M. R. (2018). Estimating the economic cost of childhood poverty in the United States. Social Work Research, 42(2), 73–83. doi:10.1093/swr/svy007

McLaughlin, M. (2018). The relationship between cigarette taxes and child maltreatment. Child Abuse & Neglect, 79, 339–349. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.02.026

Harris, N., & Metzger, N. W. (2018). St. Louis’s “Team TIF”: A community–academic partnership for tax incentive reform. Journal of Urban Affairs, 40(6), 863–886. doi:10.1080/07352166.2017.1421433

DeWind, C., Dickey, J., O’Neill, E., & Metzger, M. (2016, June). Tax abatement in Saint Louis: Reforms could foster equitable development (CSD Policy Brief No. 16-21). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Metzger, M. W., Fowler, P. J., & Kelberman, B. (2015, October). Residential mobility during adolescence: Even “upward” moves predict high school dropout (CSD Research Brief No. 15-52). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Kantor, N., & Metzger, M. W. (2015, September). Evicting victims: Reforming St. Louis’s nuisance ordinance for survivors of domestic violence (CSD Policy Brief No. 15-47). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Marcal, K., & Fowler, P. J. (2015, September). Housing and child well-being (CSD Research Brief No. 15-40). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Bologna, J., Kantor, N., Liu, Y., & Taylor, S. (2015). The right to stay put: City Garden Montessori School and neighborhood change [Report]. St. Louis, MO: Washington University.

Patterson, D. A., Perkins, J., & Van Zile-Tamsen, C. (2015). Impact of stranger violence and intimate partner violence on the grades of American Indian/Alaska Native undergraduate college students (CSD Working Paper No. 15-32). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

May 28, 2015, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO

Davis, L. E. (2015, April). The university, the community, and race (CSD Perspective No. 15-05). St. Louis, MO: Washington University in St. Louis.

Briggs, X. (2015, March). Creating a just and inclusive America (CSD Perspective No. 15-24). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Metzger, M. W., & Pelletiere, D. (2015). Patterns of housing voucher use revisited: Segregation and Section 8 using updated data and more precise comparison groups, 2013 (CSD Working Paper No. 15-22). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Patterson, D. A., & Butler-Barnes, S. T. (2015). Impact of the academic-social context on American Indian/Alaska Native students’ academic performance (CSD Working Paper No. 15-02). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/K7RF5TH3

Patterson, D. A., Butler-Barnes, S. T., & Van Zile-Tamsen, C. (2015). American Indian/Alaskan Native college dropout: Recommendations for increasing retention and graduation (CSD Working Paper No. 15-03). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/K7MP52SR

Nam, Y., Lee, Y., McMahon, S., & Sherraden, M. (2014). New measures of economic security and development: Savings goals for short-term and long-term economic needs (CSD Working Paper No. 14-28). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Metzger, M. W. (2014, November). Section 8 housing in the St. Louis region: Local opportunities to expanding housing choice (CSD Policy Brief No. 14-29). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Webber, H., & Swanstrom, T. (2014). Rebound neighborhoods in older industrial cities: The story of St. Louis (CSD Working Paper No. 14-17). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Crain, M. G., & Sherraden, M. (Eds.). (2014). Working and living in the shadow of economic fragility. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Pettus-Davis, C., & Epperson, M. W. (2014). From mass incarceration to smart decarceration (CSD Working Paper No. 14-31). St Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Garcia, E., & Connor, L. T. (2011). Understanding barriers and facilitators to participation in people with aphasia: A qualitative approach (CSD Working Paper No. 11-38). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Hipp, J. A., Chockalingam, R., & Adlakha, D. (2011). Social ecological constraints to park use in communities with quality access (CSD Working Paper No. 11-36). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Chockalingham, R., Raghavan, R., Argrawal, J., Lama, G., Lai, H. Y. A., & Yadama, G. (2011). Understanding geographic variations in BMI in India (CSD Working Paper No. 11-13). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Lockyer, J., & Benson, P. (with Burton, D., Felder, L., Hayes, D., Jackey, E., & Lerman, A.). (2011). “We try to create the world that we want”: Intentional communities forging livable lives in St. Louis (CSD Working Paper No. 11-02). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Rank, M. R., & Hirschl, T. A. (2010). Estimating the life course dynamics of asset poverty (CSD Working Paper No. 10-25). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Hirschl, T. A., & Rank, M. R. (2006). Homeownership across the American life course: Estimating the racial divide (CSD Working Paper No. 06-12). St Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.