Mobility-based housing programs seek to move low-income families to low-poverty neighborhoods.

The article focuses on the mobility-based housing program of the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) in Minnesota. Topics discussed include the purpose of the mobility project to allow impoverished people to have better access to a safer environment and schools for children, the section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, and the re-examination of the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) program by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).