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<br /> . FINDINGS <br /> The Urban Strategies Task Force has divided its findings on urban decay into four categories: <br /> General, The Causes, The hnpact and The Solutions. <br /> Generol <br /> ... The Twin Cities are not unique in facing problems of urban decay; the challenge is facing <br /> most major metropolitan areas. <br /> ... Many resources necessary to serve low income people with special needs are concentrated <br /> in the central cities. <br /> ... Populations in all communities within the Metropolitan area will become more diverse. <br /> ... Few suburban communities have mechanisms in place to address increasing diversity. <br /> ... It is equally important to look at programs that prevent decay in the inner ring suburbs as <br /> in the core cities, <br /> ... Organized and empowered neighborhoods have developed models for successfully <br /> addressing elements of urban blight <br /> . ... Dispersion of low income housing reduces the problem of the concentration of poverty but <br /> also creates social service delivery problems. The creation of new, dispersed low income <br /> housing only reduces concentration if there is an equivalent elimination of deteriorated <br /> housing units in the areas of concentration. <br /> ... There is a tendency to stereotype low income people. The term "low income" refers to many <br /> different kinds of individuals living in many different c:ircuImtances with a variety of needs. <br /> These people can not all be served by the sam:: solution. <br /> ... Racism and prejudice can not be condoned. There can be strength in diversity; comnwnities <br /> need to know how to buikl on and support diversity of all kinds -- economic, racial, age, etc. <br /> ... People who live in low income housing are often transit-dependent but transit systems do <br /> not adequately link these individuals to jobs in either the core cities or suburbs, <br /> . ~ Urban Strategies Task Force Report 4 <br />