Artist lofts escalate segregation

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By: Eliana Schreiber

A University of Minnesota’s Law School study found that subsidized artist housing could attract white, residential populations at high rates.
According to the study by the Law School’s Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, these popular subsidized housing projects intensify segregation in the Twin Cities Metro area.
For example, the A-Mill Artist Lofts in Marcy-Holmes are 86 percent white, St. Paul’s Carleton Place Lofts are 88 percent white and the Tilsner Atists’ Cooperative in Downtown St.

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