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There programs and organizations that do this, here are some of my observations as someone who has worked in non-profit orgs before.
– It takes a long for these initiatives to make an impact.
– If the program or money isn’t consistent or doesn’t help people transition into a more stable stream of income, then the help is only temporary. This is why good housing and employment programs include plans for a continuum of care to make the transition better.
– When people get those opportunities, they leave the community and don’t come back. For example, kids from underprivileged areas get aid and scholarships to go to university and do not bring their education and skills back to better it. The same thing happens in the Midwest/poor rural communities (brain drain).
– When you begin making the communities better and bigger businesses start moving in you start to price out the people in the community that was in need of the help. Maybe they get to sell their house for a profit but now they have to leave, and their kids can no longer afford to live in the community that they grew up in.
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