Justice
How One City Approaches Its Amazon Bid Through an Equity Lens
Austin’s first chief equity officer on improving equal access to housing, zoning, and economic benefit.
American cities are unequal because of intentional policy. That’s not just a chapter of history we’ve turned over; decisions are still being made at the city level that either maintain the status quo or perpetuate urban disparities.
Recognizing this, a crop of U.S. cities have created equity offices to help make the right kind of decisions going forward—decisions that not only correct the mistakes of the past but also prevent new ones occurring at the cost of communities of color.