Leaving Baltimore behind

Baltimore is running a unique housing experiment that gives longtime residents vouchers to leave the city’s poorest, most violent neighborhoods for new homes in more affluent suburbs nearby. In this episode, we follow a mom named Alethea through this policy experiment. You’ll hear how Baltimore’s segregationist history planted the problems this program is trying to solve, why some participants are really frustrated with the initiative, and how Alethea decides whether to stay — or go. We always want to hear from you. Send us your thoughts and questions at impact@vox.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Leaving Baltimore behind is an episode from The Impact by Vox Media Podcast Network.

This episode is 44:48 long.

This episode was published on Nov 30, 2018.

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