Poverty in Suburbia

Guests: Scott W. Allard, PhD, Professor of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington; Daniel J. Evans, Endowed Professor of Social Policy, University of Washington America’s suburbs were born of America’s middle class growth after World War II. Poverty and crime came to be seen as mainly inner-city problems. But today, poor people are just as likely to be living in the suburbs as they are in urban centers.