Edward G. Goetz is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota. He has published widely, including, most recently, New Deal Ruins.

A courageous work in that Goetz confronts a difficult debate head on. Goetz gives clear guidance about what he believes to be the way forward.(Journal of Planning Education and Research) Should stimulate debate.(Choice) Professor Goetz's sweeping indictment of the well-intentioned effort to advance racial integration deserves thoughtful consideration; it should inspire wide-ranging debate.(The Metropole) Goetz has presented compelling arguments for his position on locating subsidized housing, favoring the community development movement.(Journal of Urban Affairs) Goetz has written an important and timely book. Beyond its substantial contribution to the scholarly literature on American urban policy, infinitely more important is its potential to aid in the ongoing struggle against racial injustice and American white supremacy—something needed now perhaps more than ever.(Shelterforce)

• Introduction: Alternative Approaches to RegionalEquity and Racial Justice1. The Integration Imperative2. Affirmatively Furthering Community Development3. The "Hollow Prospect" of Integration4. The Three Stations of Fair Housing Spatial Strategy5. New Issues, Unresolved Questions, and the Widening DebateConclusion: Everyone Deserves to Live in anOpportunity Neighborhood

Edward G. Goetz is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota. He has published widely, including, most recently, New Deal Ruins.

A courageous work in that Goetz confronts a difficult debate head on. Goetz gives clear guidance about what he believes to be the way forward.(Journal of Planning Education and Research) Should stimulate debate.(Choice) Professor Goetz's sweeping indictment of the well-intentioned effort to advance racial integration deserves thoughtful consideration; it should inspire wide-ranging debate.(The Metropole) Goetz has presented compelling arguments for his position on locating subsidized housing, favoring the community development movement.(Journal of Urban Affairs) Goetz has written an important and timely book. Beyond its substantial contribution to the scholarly literature on American urban policy, infinitely more important is its potential to aid in the ongoing struggle against racial injustice and American white supremacy—something needed now perhaps more than ever.(Shelterforce)

• Introduction: Alternative Approaches to RegionalEquity and Racial Justice1. The Integration Imperative2. Affirmatively Furthering Community Development3. The "Hollow Prospect" of Integration4. The Three Stations of Fair Housing Spatial Strategy5. New Issues, Unresolved Questions, and the Widening DebateConclusion: Everyone Deserves to Live in anOpportunity Neighborhood