Friday news roundup 10/17/14

Confronting Suburban Poverty: Behind the “poor door” controversy: inclusionary zoning policies in cities and suburbs

MetroTrends: If well-designed, constructed, and maintained, affordable housing is a vital economic and social asset

NHC: Disaster resilience and affordable housing

Off the Charts (Will Fischer): Rental assistance kept over 3 million people out of poverty last year

Off the Charts (Douglas Rice): Violent, stressful, high-poverty neighborhoods can compromise children’s cognitive development, school performance, and health

Off the Charts (Barbara Sard): Rental assistance can do more to help kids live in better neighborhoods

Rooflines: Inclusionary upzoning is gaining ground

TalkPoverty: The criminalization of poverty and the high costs that result

ThinkProgress: It would actually be very simple to end homelessness forever